GitPython: clone_from()/clone() omit --separate-git-dir from unsafe_git_clone_options, enabling arbitrary git-directory creation outside the destination

CWE: CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path / CWE-22 Path Traversal, in the "escapes intended base directory" sense - Affected component: git/repo/base.py, Repo.unsafegitcloneoptions class attribute, lines 153-165 and Repo.clone lines 1477-1520, reached via the public Repo.clonefrom line...

EUVD-2026-65223

GitPython: clonefrom/clone omit --separate-git-dir from unsafegitcloneoptions, enabling arbitrary git-directory creation outside the destination...

ROS-20260908-73-0093

The vulnerability of the Repo.clonefrom and Repo.clone functions in the git/repo/base.py module of the GitPython library for interacting with Git repositories is related to an incorrect path name limitation when processing the --separate-git-dir parameter. Exploiting this vulnerability could allo...

The vulnerability of the Repo.clone_from() and Repo.clone() functions in the git/repo/base.py module of the Python library for interacting with Git repositories in GitPython allows a malicious actor to write arbitrary files.

The vulnerability of the Repo.clonefrom and Repo.clone functions in the git/repo/base.py module of the GitPython library for interacting with Git repositories is related to an incorrect path name limitation when processing the --separate-git-dir parameter. Exploiting this vulnerability could allo...

SUSE CVE-2026-78677

GitPython before 3.1.59 omits --separate-git-dir from unsafegitcloneoptions, allowing attackers to create arbitrary git directories outside the intended clone destination. Attackers can pass a separategitdir parameter to Repo.clonefrom or Repo.clone to redirect repository metadata to an...

PYSEC-2026-3787

GitPython before 3.1.59 omits --separate-git-dir from unsafegitcloneoptions, allowing attackers to create arbitrary git directories outside the intended clone destination. Attackers can pass a separategitdir parameter to Repo.clonefrom or Repo.clone to redirect repository metadata to an...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-78677

GitPython before 3.1.59 omits --separate-git-dir from unsafegitcloneoptions, allowing attackers to create arbitrary git directories outside the intended clone destination. Attackers can pass a separategitdir parameter to Repo.clonefrom or Repo.clone to redirect repository metadata to an...

CVE-2026-78677 GitPython before 3.1.59 Path Traversal via separate-git-dir

GitPython before 3.1.59 omits --separate-git-dir from unsafegitcloneoptions, allowing attackers to create arbitrary git directories outside the intended clone destination. Attackers can pass a separategitdir parameter to Repo.clonefrom or Repo.clone to redirect repository metadata to an...

CVE-2026-78677 GitPython before 3.1.59 Path Traversal via separate-git-dir

GitPython before 3.1.59 omits --separate-git-dir from unsafegitcloneoptions, allowing attackers to create arbitrary git directories outside the intended clone destination. Attackers can pass a separategitdir parameter to Repo.clonefrom or Repo.clone to redirect repository metadata to an...

CVE-2026-78677

GitPython before 3.1.59 omits --separate-git-dir from unsafegitcloneoptions, allowing attackers to create arbitrary git directories outside the intended clone destination. Attackers can pass a separategitdir parameter to Repo.clonefrom or Repo.clone to redirect repository metadata to an...

CVE-2026-78677 GitPython before 3.1.59 Path Traversal via separate-git-dir

GitPython before 3.1.59 omits --separate-git-dir from unsafegitcloneoptions, allowing attackers to create arbitrary git directories outside the intended clone destination. Attackers can pass a separategitdir parameter to Repo.clonefrom or Repo.clone to redirect repository metadata to an...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-78677

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - GitPython before 3.1.59 omits --separate-git-dir from unsafegitcloneoptions, allowing attackers to create arbitrary git directories outside the intended clone...

CVE-2026-78677

GitPython before 3.1.59 omits --separate-git-dir from unsafegitcloneoptions, allowing attackers to create arbitrary git directories outside the intended clone destination. Attackers can pass a separategitdir parameter to Repo.clonefrom or Repo.clone to redirect repository metadata to an...

PT-2026-81152

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GitPython versions prior to 3.1.59 Description GitPython fails to include the --separate-git-dir flag in its unsafe git clone options. This allows an attacker to provide a separate git dir parameter to the Repo.clone from or Repo.clone...