Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting python3x-gitpython package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-PYTHON3XGITPYTHON-20945605
  • published15 Oct 2026
  • disclosed14 Oct 2026

Introduced: 14 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-110856  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 python3x-gitpython.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3x-gitpython package and not the python3x-gitpython package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

GitPython before 3.2.0 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in the _re_actor_epoch pattern used by parse_actor_and_date on author, committer, and tagger lines. Attackers can serve repositories with commit or tag objects containing long space-filled lines lacking a valid epoch or timezone, causing quadratic backtracking and CPU exhaustion.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1