CVE-2026-73620 GitPython before 3.1.57 Arbitrary File Overwrite and Read

GitPython before 3.1.57 fails to guard git option forwarding in IndexFile.checkout and TagReference.create, allowing attackers to pass unsafe options via kwargs. Attackers can use --prefix to overwrite arbitrary files with repository content or -F to read arbitrary files returned in-band...

CVE-2026-73620

GitPython 3.x has a vulnerability in which GitPython before 3.1.57 fails to guard git option forwarding in IndexFile.checkout() and TagReference.create(), allowing attackers to pass unsafe options via kwargs. This can enable --prefix to overwrite arbitrary files with repository content and -F to ...