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Alpine: multiple py3-gitpython packages: security update to 3.1.37-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 408123

Description

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. In order to resolve some git
 references, GitPython reads files from the `.git` directory, in some places the name of the file being
 read is provided by the user, GitPython doesn't check if this file is located outside the `.git`
 directory. This allows an attacker to make GitPython read any file from the system. This vulnerability is
 present in https://github.com/gitpython-
 developers/GitPython/blob/1c8310d7cae144f74a671cbe17e51f63a830adbf/git/refs/symbolic.py#L174-L175. That
 code joins the base directory with a user given string without checking if the final path is located
 outside the base directory. This vulnerability cannot be used to read the contents of files but could in
 theory be used to trigger a denial of service for the program. This issue has been addressed in version
 3.1.37. (CVE-2023-41040)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-41040

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 408123

Version: Revision 1.26

Type: Local

Published: 12/7/2023

Updated: 12/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.51

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-41040

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 5.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-41040