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CVE-2026-73620

7.2 high SSVC exploitation: poc Analyzed

GitPython before 3.1.57 fails to guard git option forwarding in IndexFile.checkout() and TagReference.create(), allowing attackers to pass unsafe options via kwargs. Attackers can use --prefix to overwrite arbitrary files with repository content or -F to read arbitrary files returned in-band.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1

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Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 7.2 · gitpython_projectNVD modified 2026-10-23 18:10

Affected (CPE criteria) 1

  • cpe:2.3:a:gitpython_project:gitpython:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

References 2