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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