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GitPython before 3.1.58 Arbitrary File Overwrite via read-tree

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

GitPython versions before 3.1.58 contain an arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability in IndexFile.from_tree, IndexFile.reset, and IndexFile.merge_tree methods that append caller-influenced treeish strings to git read-tree without option validation or argument separation. Attackers can inject the --index-output option to overwrite arbitrary files with a valid git-index blob, destroying existing file content at attacker-controlled writable paths.

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CVE-2026-76219

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-76219

GitPython

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "gitpython-developers",
    "product": "GitPython",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "3.1.58",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "3.1.58",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "packageURL": "pkg:pypi/gitpython",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-76219

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#12876 · Revision 1
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