CVE-2026-78675

GitPython before 3.1.59 Local File Content Disclosure via .gitmodules

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 8.6
EPSS: EPSS 0.18 % · percentile 7 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2026-08-25
Updated: 2026-10-08
Assigner: VulnCheck
NVD status: Analyzed

Description

GitPython before 3.1.59 fails to disable merge_includes when parsing .gitmodules, allowing attackers to disclose local file content by including arbitrary file paths via [include] directives. Attackers can craft a malicious .gitmodules file with include directives pointing to sensitive files; when repo.submodules is accessed, GitConfigParser raises MissingSectionHeaderError embedding the target file's first line verbatim in the exception message.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 4.0	HIGH 8.6	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	VulnCheck
CVSS 4.0	HIGH 8.6	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X	NVD · disclosure@vulncheck.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · disclosure@vulncheck.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-73

Advisories

GHSA-7833-fr7j-v32q — GitPython: Arbitrary local file content disclosure via [include] directive in untrusted .gitmodules (SubmoduleConfigParser never disables merge_includes)
PYSEC-2026-3785 — GitPython before 3.1.59 fails to disable merge_includes when parsing .gitmodules, allowing attackers to disclose local file content by including arbitrary file

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-65221
GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-78675

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2026-AVI-1336 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:gitpython_project:gitpython:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:* < 3.1.59

Affected products

Product	Versions
gitpython-developers · GitPython	affected 0 < 3.1.59 ; unaffected 3.1.59

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD