GHSA-6rj2-96f5-chj9

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6rj2-96f5-chj9
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/08/GHSA-6rj2-96f5-chj9/GHSA-6rj2-96f5-chj9.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-6rj2-96f5-chj9
Downstream
Withdrawn
2026-09-08T19:10:57Z
Published
2026-08-25T03:32:11Z
Modified
2026-09-08T19:15:05Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V4 - 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/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: TagReference.create positional reference bypasses kwargs-only --file guard, enabling arbitrary file read (incomplete fix of 3af0c251)
Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-3wxw-xv34-2frg. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

GitPython before 3.1.59 contains an arbitrary file read vulnerability in TagReference.create() where a positional reference parameter bypasses the unsafe option guard. Attackers can supply a reference value like --file= to read arbitrary files, with contents returned in the annotated tag message.

Database specific 
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    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-73"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-09-08T19:10:57Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-08-25T02:16:52Z",
    "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
3.1.58

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
3.1.58

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/08/GHSA-6rj2-96f5-chj9/GHSA-6rj2-96f5-chj9.json"