CVE-2026-44243

HIGH7.8

GitPython: Path traversal in GitPython reference APIs allows arbitrary file write and delete outside the repository

Published May 7, 2026

Modified 3 weeks ago

Details

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

WEB

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

DETECTION

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

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44243

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v4.0

7.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector