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SCA: security update for GitPython (GHSA-7545-fcxq-7j24)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 441369

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. 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. (CVE-2026-44243)

Solution

Update the GitPython library and its related packages to version 3.1.48 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7545-fcxq-7j24

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 441369

Version: Revision 1.14

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/7/2026

Updated: 7/10/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.64

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44243

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Threat Score: 6.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44243

cwe: CWE-22