CVE-2026-44243

Name	CVE-2026-44243
Description	GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. Prior to version 3.1.48, a vulnerability in GitPython allows attackers who can supply a crafted reference path to an application using GitPython to write, overwrite, move, or delete files outside the repository’s .git directory via insufficient validation of reference paths in reference creation, rename, and delete operations. This issue has been patched in version 3.1.48.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
python-git (PTS)	bullseye	3.1.14-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	3.1.14-1+deb11u1	vulnerable
	bookworm	3.1.30-1+deb12u2	vulnerable
	trixie	3.1.44-1	vulnerable
	forky	3.1.46-1	vulnerable
	sid	3.1.50-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
python-git	source	(unstable)	3.1.50-1

https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-7545-fcxq-7j24
https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/pull/2134