Directory Traversal The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package GitPython (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-GITPYTHON-19670678
- published11 Sept 2026
- disclosed25 Aug 2026
Introduced: 25 Aug 2026
CVE-2026-78679 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream GitPython package and not the GitPython package as distributed by RHEL.
GitPython before 3.1.59 contains an arbitrary file read vulnerability in TagReference.create() where a positional reference parameter bypasses the unsafe option guard. Attackers can supply a reference value like --file=<path> to read arbitrary files, with contents returned in the annotated tag message.