CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-44244
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-05-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Description
GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. Prior to version 3.1.49, GitConfigParser.set_value() passes values to Python's configparser without validating for newlines. GitPython's own _write() converts embedded newlines into indented continuation lines (e.g. \n becomes \n\t), but Git still accepts an indented [core] stanza as a section header — so the injected core.hooksPath becomes effective configuration. Any Git operation that invokes hooks (commit, merge, checkout) will then execute scripts from the attacker-controlled path. This issue has been patched in version 3.1.49.
Affected configurations
• gitpython project gitpython (< 3.1.49)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/releases/tag/3.1.49 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-v87r-6q3f-2j67 Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-v87r-6q3f-2j67 Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory