CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-44243
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-05-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/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
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. Prior to version 3.1.48, a vulnerability in GitPython allows attackers who can supply a crafted reference path to an application using GitPython to write, overwrite, move, or delete files outside the repository’s .git directory via insufficient validation of reference paths in reference creation, rename, and delete operations. This issue has been patched in version 3.1.48.
Affected configurations
• gitpython project gitpython (< 3.1.48)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/releases/tag/3.1.48 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-7545-fcxq-7j24 Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-7545-fcxq-7j24 Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory