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 executes when a victim calls index.commit() on a cloned or opened repository.
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| Description | 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 executes when a victim calls index.commit() on a cloned or opened repository. | |
| Title | GitPython before 3.1.60 Remote Code Execution via Git Directory Impersonation | |
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Gitpython Project
Gitpython Project gitpython |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-94 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gitpython_project:gitpython:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2026-09-09T11:21:04.007Z
Updated: 2026-09-09T11:21:04.007Z
Reserved: 2026-09-09T10:32:34.109Z
Link: CVE-2026-87817
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-09-09T12:17:16.830
Modified: 2026-09-09T20:41:07.123
Link: CVE-2026-87817