CVE-2026-78677

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-78677
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-78677.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-78677
Aliases
  • GHSA-8mcc-hrx5-hvxc
Downstream
Published
2026-08-25T01:30:34.719Z
Modified
2026-08-27T11:47:41.304212171Z
Severity
  • 8.7 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
GitPython before 3.1.59 Path Traversal via separate-git-dir
Details

GitPython before 3.1.59 omits --separate-git-dir from unsafegitcloneoptions, allowing attackers to create arbitrary git directories outside the intended clone destination. Attackers can pass a separategitdir parameter to Repo.clonefrom() or Repo.clone() to redirect repository metadata to an attacker-controlled filesystem path, enabling arbitrary directory creation and potential hook execution.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/78xxx/CVE-2026-78677.json",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-22"
    ],
    "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/gitpython-developers/gitpython

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/gitpython-developers/gitpython
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
66340d77aab9a7468f4aed3681d4ef1e3c0ec931
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "DESCRIPTION"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "3.1.59"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.4
0.1.4-pre
0.1.5
0.1.6
0.2.0-beta1
0.3.0-beta1
0.3.0-beta2
0.3.1-beta1
0.3.1-beta2
0.3.2
0.3.2-RC1
0.3.2.1
0.3.3
0.3.4
0.3.5
0.3.6
0.3.7
1.*
1.0.0
1.0.1
1.0.2
2.*
2.0.0
2.0.1
2.0.2
2.0.3
2.0.4
2.0.5
2.0.6
2.0.7
2.0.8
2.0.9
2.1.0
2.1.1
2.1.10
2.1.11
2.1.12
2.1.13
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.1.6
2.1.8
2.1.9
3.*
3.0.0
3.0.1
3.0.2
3.0.3
3.0.4
3.0.5
3.0.6
3.0.7
3.0.8
3.0.9
3.1.0
3.1.1
3.1.10
3.1.11
3.1.12
3.1.13
3.1.16
3.1.17
3.1.18
3.1.19
3.1.2
3.1.20
3.1.22
3.1.23
3.1.24
3.1.25
3.1.26
3.1.27
3.1.28
3.1.29
3.1.3
3.1.30
3.1.31
3.1.32
3.1.33
3.1.34
3.1.35
3.1.38
3.1.4
3.1.40
3.1.41
3.1.42
3.1.43
3.1.44
3.1.47
3.1.48
3.1.49
3.1.5
3.1.50
3.1.51
3.1.52
3.1.53
3.1.54
3.1.55
3.1.56
3.1.57
3.1.6
3.1.7
3.1.8
3.1.9
Other
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Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-78677.json"