GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. When resolving a program, Python/Windows look for the current working directory, and after that the PATH environment. GitPython defaults to use the `git` command, if a user runs GitPython from a repo has a `git.exe` or `git` executable, that program will be run instead of the one in the user's `PATH`. This is more of a problem on how Python interacts with Windows systems, Linux and any other OS aren't affected by this. But probably people using GitPython usually run it from the CWD of a repo. An attacker can trick a user to download a repository with a malicious `git` executable, if the user runs/imports GitPython from that directory, it allows the attacker to run any arbitrary commands. There is no fix currently available for windows users, however there are a few mitigations. 1: Default to an absolute path for the git program on Windows, like `C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd\\git.EXE` (default git path installation). 2: Require users to set the `GIT_PYTHON_GIT_EXECUTABLE` environment variable on Windows systems. 3: Make this problem prominent in the documentation and advise users to never run GitPython from an untrusted repo, or set the `GIT_PYTHON_GIT_EXECUTABLE` env var to an absolute path. 4: Resolve the executable manually by only looking into the `PATH` environment variable.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. When resolving a program,     Python/Windows look for the current working directory, and after that the PATH environment. GitPython     defaults to use the `git` command, if a user runs GitPython from a repo has a `git.exe` or `git`     executable, that program will be run instead of the one in the user's `PATH`. This is more of a problem on     how Python interacts with Windows systems, Linux and any other OS aren't affected by this. But probably     people using GitPython usually run it from the CWD of a repo. An attacker can trick a user to download a     repository with a malicious `git` executable, if the user runs/imports GitPython from that directory, it     allows the attacker to run any arbitrary commands. There is no fix currently available for windows users,     however there are a few mitigations. 1: Default to an absolute path for the git program on Windows, like     `C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd\\git.EXE` (default git path installation). 2: Require users to set the     `GIT_PYTHON_GIT_EXECUTABLE` environment variable on Windows systems. 3: Make this problem prominent in the     documentation and advise users to never run GitPython from an untrusted repo, or set the     `GIT_PYTHON_GIT_EXECUTABLE` env var to an absolute path. 4: Resolve the executable manually by only     looking into the `PATH` environment variable. (CVE-2023-40590)

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There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. When resolving a program,
    Python/Windows look for the current working directory, and after that the PATH environment. GitPython
    defaults to use the `git` command, if a user runs GitPython from a repo has a `git.exe` or `git`
    executable, that program will be run instead of the one in the user's `PATH`. This is more of a problem on
    how Python interacts with Windows systems, Linux and any other OS aren't affected by this. But probably
    people using GitPython usually run it from the CWD of a repo. An attacker can trick a user to download a
    repository with a malicious `git` executable, if the user runs/imports GitPython from that directory, it
    allows the attacker to run any arbitrary commands. There is no fix currently available for windows users,
    however there are a few mitigations. 1: Default to an absolute path for the git program on Windows, like
    `C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd\\git.EXE` (default git path installation). 2: Require users to set the
    `GIT_PYTHON_GIT_EXECUTABLE` environment variable on Windows systems. 3: Make this problem prominent in the
    documentation and advise users to never run GitPython from an untrusted repo, or set the
    `GIT_PYTHON_GIT_EXECUTABLE` env var to an absolute path. 4: Resolve the executable manually by only
    looking into the `PATH` environment variable. (CVE-2023-40590)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
251563	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-40590	Nessus	Misc.	high
421580	SCA: security update for gitpython (GHSA-wfm5-v35h-vwf4)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
421580	SCA: security update for gitpython (GHSA-wfm5-v35h-vwf4)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high

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