The vulnerability of the Python library for working with Git Dulwich repositories lies in the lack of measures taken to neutralize special elements used in the operating system’s command line. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

The vulnerability of the Python library for working with Git repositories in Dulwich is related to the lack of measures taken to neutralize special elements used in the operating system’s command line. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands...

CVE-2026-52726 Dulwich's submodule path traversal in porcelain.submodule_update / porcelain.clone(recurse_submodules=True) yields RCE via attacker-dropped .git/hooks payload

Dulwich is a pure-Python implementation of the Git file formats and protocols. Starting in version 0.23.2 and prior to version 1.2.5, dulwich.porcelain.submoduleupdate, and by extension porcelain.clone..., recursesubmodules=True, materializes attacker-controlled submodule paths from a crafted...