The vulnerability of the Actor.name_email_regex() function in the Python library for interacting with Git repositories in GitPython allows a malicious actor to trigger a denial-of-service attack.
🗓️ 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00Reported by FSTEC of Russia — Information Security Threat DatabaseType 
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 45 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | CVE-2026-87819 | 9 Sep 202611:21 | – | alpinelinux |
 | CVE-2026-87819 vulnerabilities | 3 Oct 202602:54 | – | cgr |
 | CVE-2026-87819 | 26 Aug 202602:42 | – | circl |
 | CVE-2026-87819 | 9 Sep 202611:21 | – | cve |
 | CVE-2026-87819 GitPython before 3.1.60 Denial of Service via ReDoS | 9 Sep 202611:21 | – | cvelist |
 | CVE-2026-87819 | 9 Sep 202611:21 | – | debiancve |
 | EUVD-2026-74845 | 30 Sep 202623:29 | – | euvd |
 | GitPython: Denial of Service via catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS) in Actor.name_email_regex — commit author/committer field parsing | 30 Sep 202623:29 | – | github |
| Duplicate Advisory: Denial of Service via catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS) in Actor.name_email_regex — commit author/committer field parsing | 9 Sep 202612:32 | – | github |
 | Updated python-gitpython packages fix security vulnerabilities | 25 Sep 202605:02 | – | mageia |
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11 Sep 2026 00:00Current
6.3Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.3
CVSS 37.5
CVSS 27.8
EPSS0.00521