A AegiFlow
HIGHCVSS 8.4

GHSA-3vrx-526r-64rm

Duplicate Advisory: GitPython: Arbitrary Git Repository Creation Outside the Working Tree via Unvalidated .gitmodules Submodule Name in GitPython

Published
2026-08-19
Modified
2026-09-08
Sources
github-advisory

Summary

## Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-hmq2-w58f-27jc. This link is maintained to preserve external references. ## Original Description GitPython before 3.1.58 fails to validate submodule names from .gitmodules files, allowing attackers to create Git repositories at arbitrary filesystem paths outside the intended clone directory. Attackers can craft malicious repositories with traversal sequences in submodule names that GitPython processes during submodule initialization, creating attacker-controlled Git repositories at escaped filesystem locations.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffected versionsFixed versions
PyPIgitpython

Remediation: No patched version is listed by GitHub.

References

Includes data from the GitHub Advisory Database, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.