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CVE-2026-73620: gitpython before 3.1.57 (exclusive); +1 more affected products
CVE-2026-73620. CVSS 3.1 base score 8.1 (HIGH, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.00574 (percentile 0.46672), scored 22-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
gitpython · before 3.1.57 (exclusive)
gitpython project
GitPython · 0 to before 3.1.57
gitpython-developers
Description’s affected range: before 3.1.57 fails to guard git option forwarding in IndexFile.checkout() and TagReference.create()
Component: Not specified by the source
Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 4.0): Network (remote) · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Attackers can use --prefix to overwrite arbitrary files with repository content or -F to read arbitrary files returned in-band. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 7.2/10) rates confidentiality impact as none; integrity and availability impact as high.
- CWE
- CWE-22
- CCR priority
- 32.5 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H · Vendor/CNA
- EPSS
- 0.00574 · percentile 0.46672 · 2026-10-22
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-24 01:40:49.068977+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-73620.html