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Echo: python-git: security update to 3.1.60

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 474839

Description

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

 - GitPython 3.1.59 fails to restrict the --no-index option in the high-level diff API, allowing attackers to
 read arbitrary filesystem paths as repository operands. Attackers can combine --no-index with -I/--ignore-
 matching-lines to create a content-dependent Boolean oracle, repeatedly querying local files to recover
 single-line secrets through distinguishable success or error responses. (CVE-2026-87818)

Solution

Update the python-git library and its related packages to version 3.1.60 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-87818

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 474839

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/16/2026

Updated: 10/16/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-87818

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 5.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-87818