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High 7.8Published May 7, 2026

CVE-2026-44243GitPython: Path traversal in GitPython reference APIs allows arbitrary file write and delete outside the repository

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

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.

CVSS
7.8 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)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
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
GitHub_M
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
May 7, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
gitpython-developers GitPython
gitpython_developers:gitpython (from the name)
before 3.1.48
CNA record
gitpython_project gitpython
gitpython_project:gitpython
before 3.1.48
NVD

References

References

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