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Advisory record · GHSA-hh9p-6wh2-4mfc

GitPython: Arbitrary file read via --pathspec-from-file in IndexFile.remove() and Head.checkout()

CVSS 7.1 HighEPSS 0.0041 · 36th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 7 Aug 2026, 15:43 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
gitpythonPyPI<3.1.583.1.58
Identifiers
GHSA-hh9p-6wh2-4mfc · CVE-2026-76217 · PYSEC-2026-3841
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-73 · CWE-200
Tags
Published
7 Aug 2026
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

GitPython before 3.1.58 passes extra keyword arguments from IndexFile.remove() and Head.checkout() to git unchecked. An attacker who controls those arguments can read the full contents of a chosen local file, which is returned in error output. Upgrade to GitPython 3.1.58 or later.

Written 1 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.1 High 4.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CNA (VulnCheck)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0041, the 36th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:10 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:10 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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