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high 7.1

CVE-2026-44243 json

GitPython: Path traversal in GitPython reference APIs allows arbitrary file write and delete outside the repository

published 2026-05-06 6 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-7545-fcxq-7j24 , PYSEC-2026-2162 , EUVD-2026-28413

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. Prior to version 3.1.48, a vulnerability in GitPython allows attackers who can supply a crafted reference path to an application using GitPython to write, overwrite, move, or delete files outside the repository’s .git directory via insufficient validation of reference paths in reference creation, rename, and delete operations. This issue has been patched in version 3.1.48.

Patch / fix

  • pypi gitpython 3.1.48
  • gitpython_project gitpython 3.1.48
  • python-git Debian 12 3.1.30-1+deb12u3
  • python-git Debian 13 3.1.44-1+deb13u1
  • python-git Debian 14 3.1.50-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44243

  • python-git Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 0.3.2~RC1-3ubuntu0.1~esm3
  • python-git Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.0.1+git137-gc8b8379-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm4
  • python-git Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 2.1.8-1ubuntu0.1~esm4
  • python-git Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 3.0.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm4
  • python-git Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 3.1.24-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
  • python-git Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 3.1.37-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
  • python-git Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS 3.1.46-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44243

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • python-GitPython SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4 +8 more 3.1.34.1693646983.2a2ae77-150400.9.8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4072-1

  • python-GitPython openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.1.49-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:10758-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-44243 updated cvss 6.3

GitPython: GitPython: Arbitrary file write via crafted reference paths

  • Red Hat Exploit Intelligence exploit-intelligence-tech-preview/vulnerability-analysis-rhel9 Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications 8 mta/mta-solution-server-rhel9 Red Hat Pen Drive Powered by Red Hat Lightspeed pen-drive/pen-drive-scanner-rhel9 Red Hat AI Inference Server rhaiis/vllm-cpu-rhel9, rhaiis/vllm-tpu-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 automation-controller, ansible-automation-platform-26/hub-rhel9, ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 rhelai3/bootc-cuda-rhel9, rhelai3/bootc-rocm-rhel9, rhelai3/disk-image-cuda-rhel9
    +5 more products
    Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-mlflow-rhel9, rhoai/odh-training-cuda128-torch29-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-trustyai-nemo-guardrails-server-rhel9, rhoai/odh-workbench-jupyter-minimal-cpu-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-workbench-jupyter-minimal-cuda-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-workbench-jupyter-minimal-rocm-py312-rhel9, +7 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/microshift-bootc-rhel9 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 python3-GitPython Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 GitPython, python3-GitPython Red Hat Satellite 6 satellite/iop-vmaas-rhel9, satellite/iop-vulnerability-engine-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Hardened Images llvm, rust, llvm21
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
6 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-7545-fcxq-7j24 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 7.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA 4.0 7.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi gitpython
<3.1.48
3.1.48

Affected products

  • gitpython-developers GitPython

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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