External Control of File Name or Path Affecting gitpython package, versions [,3.1.57)
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- published4 Aug 2026
- disclosed3 Aug 2026
- creditAnimesh Roy
Introduced: 3 Aug 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-73 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade GitPython to version 3.1.57 or higher.
Overview
GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to External Control of File Name or Path in the Repo.archive. An attacker can access arbitrary files on the filesystem by supplying specially crafted options that are not properly denied by the existing guard, such as --add-file or --add-virtual-file, which allow reading files outside the intended repository and including their contents in the generated archive.