CVE-2026-76217

Name	CVE-2026-76217
Description	GitPython versions before 3.1.58 fail to validate options passed to git rm and git checkout commands in IndexFile.remove() and Head.checkout(). Attackers can supply --pathspec-from-file and --pathspec-file-nul parameters to read arbitrary files accessible to the process, with full file contents returned in GitCommandError.stderr.
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)
Debian Bugs	1144929

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
python-git (PTS)	bookworm	3.1.30-1+deb12u2	vulnerable
	trixie	3.1.44-1	vulnerable
	forky	3.1.62-1	fixed
	sid	3.1.62-2	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)	3.1.61-1			1144929

Notes

https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-hh9p-6wh2-4mfc
Fixed by: https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/commit/f2550b65bf60ca087190981e2c7b6865e201f40c (3.1.58)