Detections
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CVE-2026-44244
high
Description
GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. Prior to version 3.1.49, GitConfigParser.set_value() passes values to Python's configparser without validating for newlines. GitPython's own _write() converts embedded newlines into indented continuation lines (e.g. \n becomes \n\t), but Git still accepts an indented [core] stanza as a section header — so the injected core.hooksPath becomes effective configuration. Any Git operation that invokes hooks (commit, merge, checkout) will then execute scripts from the attacker-controlled path. This issue has been patched in version 3.1.49.
References
https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-v87r-6q3f-2j67
https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/releases/tag/3.1.49