GHSA-3vrx-526r-64rm

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3vrx-526r-64rm
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/08/GHSA-3vrx-526r-64rm/GHSA-3vrx-526r-64rm.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-3vrx-526r-64rm
Downstream
Withdrawn
2026-09-08T20:55:04Z
Published
2026-08-19T15:32:33Z
Modified
2026-09-08T21:00:06Z
Severity
  • 8.2 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 8.4 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator
Summary
Duplicate Advisory: GitPython: Arbitrary Git Repository Creation Outside the Working Tree via Unvalidated .gitmodules Submodule Name in GitPython
Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-hmq2-w58f-27jc. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

GitPython before 3.1.58 fails to validate submodule names from .gitmodules files, allowing attackers to create Git repositories at arbitrary filesystem paths outside the intended clone directory. Attackers can craft malicious repositories with traversal sequences in submodule names that GitPython processes during submodule initialization, creating attacker-controlled Git repositories at escaped filesystem locations.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-22"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-09-08T20:55:04Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-08-19T14:17:48Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / gitpython

Package

Name
gitpython
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Purl
pkg:pypi/gitpython

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last Affected
3.1.57

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.7
0.2.0-beta1
0.3.0-beta1
0.3.0-beta2
0.3.1-beta2
0.3.2.RC1
0.3.2
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.dev0
2.0.9.dev1
2.0.9
2.1.0
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.1.6
2.1.7
2.1.8
2.1.9
2.1.10
2.1.11
2.1.12
2.1.13
2.1.14
2.1.15
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
3.1.2
3.1.3
3.1.4
3.1.5
3.1.6
3.1.7
3.1.8
3.1.9
3.1.10
3.1.11
3.1.12
3.1.13
3.1.14
3.1.15
3.1.16
3.1.17
3.1.18
3.1.19
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
3.1.30
3.1.31
3.1.32
3.1.33
3.1.34
3.1.35
3.1.36
3.1.37
3.1.38
3.1.40
3.1.41
3.1.42
3.1.43
3.1.44
3.1.45
3.1.46
3.1.47
3.1.48
3.1.49
3.1.50
3.1.51
3.1.52
3.1.53
3.1.54
3.1.55
3.1.56
3.1.57

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/08/GHSA-3vrx-526r-64rm/GHSA-3vrx-526r-64rm.json"