CVE-2026-44243

high

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.

References

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

https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/releases/tag/3.1.48

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-28413

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-07

Updated: 2026-05-07

Named Vulnerability: GHSA-7545-fcxq-7j24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00443