GitPython versions before 3.1.58 fail to validate options passed to git rm and git checkout commands in IndexFile.remove() and Head.checkout(). Attackers can supply --pathspec-from-file and --pathspec-file-nul parameters to read arbitrary files accessible to the process, with full file contents returned in GitCommandError.stderr.
{
"cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/76xxx/CVE-2026-76217.json",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-73"
]
}{
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.1.58"
}
],
"source": [
"AFFECTED_FIELD",
"DESCRIPTION"
]
}