GitPython: Repository content can impersonate the git directory, leading to arbitrary code execution

Summary Repo.init decides which directory is the git directory by testing candidate paths in an order that considers the real .git last. Two earlier tests can be satisfied by ordinary tracked files. Git reserves only the literal name .git, so HEAD, objects/, refs/, config, gitdir, commondir and...

EUVD-2026-74843

GitPython: Repository content can impersonate the git directory, leading to arbitrary code execution...

GitPython: GitPython: Remote Code Execution via Git directory impersonation

A flaw was found in GitPython. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. By failing to properly validate the git directory location, GitPython allows attackers to impersonate the git directory using tracked files such as gitdir, commondir, and HEAD. An attacker can th...

Critical: Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 Product Security and Bug Fix Update

An update is now available for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

GitPython: GitPython: Remote Code Execution via Git directory impersonation

A flaw was found in GitPython. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. By failing to properly validate the git directory location, GitPython allows attackers to impersonate the git directory using tracked files such as gitdir, commondir, and HEAD. An attacker can th...

Critical: Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 Product Security and Bug Fix Update

An update is now available for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

CVE-2026-87817 GitPython before 3.1.60 Remote Code Execution via Git Directory Impersonation

GitPython before 3.1.60 fails to properly validate the git directory location, allowing attackers to impersonate the git directory using tracked files like gitdir, commondir, and HEAD. Attackers can execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious pre-commit hook in the tracked hooks directory that...

CVE-2026-87817

GitPython before 3.1.60 is vulnerable to remote code execution via git directory impersonation . The library fails to properly validate the git directory location, allowing an attacker to impersonate the git directory using tracked files such as gitdir, commondir, and HEAD. The attack executes ar...

PT-2026-88955

GitPython before 3.1.60 fails to properly validate the git directory location, allowing attackers to impersonate the git directory using tracked files like gitdir, commondir, and HEAD. Attackers can execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious pre-commit hook in the tracked hooks directory that...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-87817

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - GitPython before 3.1.60 fails to properly validate the git directory location, allowing attackers to impersonate the git directory using tracked files like...