Arbitrary Argument Injection Affecting gitpython package, versions [,3.1.54)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-GITPYTHON-18306821
  • published25 Jul 2026
  • disclosed24 Jul 2026
  • creditmanus-use

Introduced: 24 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-73624  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-88  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade GitPython to version 3.1.54 or higher.

Overview

GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Argument Injection via the diff process. An attacker can overwrite or corrupt arbitrary files with attacker-influenced diff content by injecting malicious arguments into the other parameter or by supplying crafted keyword arguments, leading to unauthorized file modification at the process privilege level.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1