HIGHVulnerability
CVE-2026-73620
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.
Properties
- severity
- HIGH
- score
- 8.1
- cve_id
- CVE-2026-73620
- vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- published_at
- 2026-08-13T12:17:27.057
- last_modified
- 2026-08-31T20:37:35.877
Related Entities (2)
DESCRIBED_BY (1)
→[Source]NVD
HAS_WEAKNESS (1)
→[Weakness]Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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