GHSA-GFHV-VQV2-4544 Dulwich's submodule path traversal in porcelain.submodule_update / porcelain.clone(recurse_submodules=True) yields RCE via attacker-dropped .git/hooks payload

Summary dulwich.porcelain.submoduleupdate, and by extension porcelain.clone..., recursesubmodules=True, materializes attacker-controlled submodule paths from a crafted upstream repository without path validation. A malicious .gitmodules plus a matching tree gitlink whose path is .git/hooks or any...

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...