CVE catalog
CVE-2026-76222
GitPython before 3.1.58 fails to validate submodule names from .gitmodules files, allowing attackers to create Git repositories at arbitrary filesystem paths outside the intended clone directory. Atta
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.4
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.42% · Oct 25, 2026
GitPython before 3.1.58 fails to validate submodule names from .gitmodules files, allowing attackers to create Git repositories at arbitrary filesystem paths outside the intended clone directory. Attackers can craft malicious repositories with traversal sequences in submodule names that GitPython processes during submodule initialization, creating attacker-controlled Git repositories at escaped filesystem locations.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | python-git | sid | 3.2.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | python-git | forky | 3.2.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | python-git | trixie | 3.1.44-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | python-git | bookworm | 3.1.30-1+deb12u2 | vulnerable |
| Cpe | gitpython | Not reported | 3.1.58 | fixed |
| PyPI | gitpython | Not reported | 3.1.58 | fixed |
| Pip | GitPython | Not reported | 3.1.58 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | python-git | source | sid | 3.1.61-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1144929] |
| Debian | python-git | source | forky | 3.1.61-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1144929] |
| Debian | python-git | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1144929] |
| Debian | python-git | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1144929] |
| Cpe | gitpython | cpe | Not reported | 3.1.58 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2026-76222 | Not reported |
| PyPI | gitpython | PyPI | Not reported | 3.1.58 | Not reported | PYSEC-2026-3784 | Not reported |
| Pip | GitPython | pip | Not reported | 3.1.58 | Not reported | GHSA-HMQ2-W58F-27JC | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [python3-git]Affected
Source package: [python-git]
Details (2)
3.1.30-1+deb12u2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · python-git · debian · bookworm; nvd · python-git · debian · 12
3.1.30-1+deb12u2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · python-git · debian · bookworm; nvd · python-git · debian · 12
- [python-git-doc]Affected
Source package: [python-git]
Details (2)
3.1.30-1+deb12u2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · python-git · debian · bookworm; nvd · python-git · debian · 12
3.1.30-1+deb12u2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · python-git · debian · bookworm; nvd · python-git · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [python3-git]Affected
Source package: [python-git]
Details (2)
3.1.44-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · python-git · debian · 13
3.1.44-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · python-git · debian · 13
- [python-git-doc]Affected
Source package: [python-git]
Details (2)
3.1.44-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · python-git · debian · 13
3.1.44-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · python-git · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2026_11566-1.json]
- [https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hmq2-w58f-27jc]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76222]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-76222]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-76222]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-76222.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/wid-sec-w-2026-3555.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [GitHub Advisory Database] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]