Arbitrary Argument Injection Affecting gitpython package, versions [,3.1.58)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-GITPYTHON-18592307
  • published8 Aug 2026
  • disclosed7 Aug 2026
  • creditmanus-use

Introduced: 7 Aug 2026

New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-88  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade GitPython to version 3.1.58 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 check_unsafe_options process. An attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands by supplying specially crafted keyword arguments that bypass internal option guards.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1