CVE-2026-76217

EUVD-2026-62458 · Published Aug 19, 2026

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.

Technologies

Gitpython_Project Gitpython

Weaknesses

CWE-73

CVSS scores

v4.07.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/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
v3.16.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

MITRE ATT&CK

Inferred

Where this vulnerability fits in an attack

ReconImpact

Initial Access Execution Stealth Defense Impairment

T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application T1027Obfuscated Files or Information T1574.006Dynamic Linker Hijacking T1574.007Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable T1690Prevent Command History Logging

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