Information disclosure in GitPython - CVE-2026-76217
Published: August 5, 2026 / Updated: September 14, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU140970
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-76217
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in IndexFile.remove() and Head.checkout() when forwarding user-supplied keyword arguments to git rm and git checkout. A remote user can supply a crafted pathspec_from_file value together with pathspec_file_nul to disclose sensitive information.
The targeted file must be readable by the process, and disclosure occurs in the returned GitCommandError stderr when the supplied pathspec does not match a tracked path.
Affected software
GitPython
openEuler
python-GitPython
python-GitPython-help
python3-GitPython
openEuler
python-GitPython
python-GitPython-help
python3-GitPython
How to mitigate CVE-2026-76217
Install security update from vendor's website.
GitPython - update to 3.1.58
python-GitPython - update to 3.1.32-4
python-GitPython-help - update to 3.1.32-4
python3-GitPython - update to 3.1.32-4
python-GitPython - update to 3.1.32-4
python-GitPython-help - update to 3.1.32-4
python3-GitPython - update to 3.1.32-4