CVE-2026-76217

Summary

GitPython versions before 3.1.58 fail to validate options passed to git rm and git checkout commands in IndexFile.remove() and Head.checkout(). Attackers can supply –pathspec-from-file and –pathspec-file-nul parameters to read arbitrary files accessible to the process, with full file contents returned in GitCommandError.stderr.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path

References

• https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-hh9p-6wh2-4mfc
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitpython-before-arbitrary-file-read-via-pathspec-from-file

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