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GitPython before 3.1.62 Path Traversal via gitmodules path

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

GitPython before 3.1.62 does not validate the `path` field read from an untrusted .gitmodules file when updating submodules. While a prior fix (GHSA-hmq2-w58f-27jc) added Submodule._validated_name() to constrain the `name` field, and GitPython's own containment guard Submodule._to_relative_path() is applied in add() and move(), Submodule.update() derives the absolute checkout location from the raw `path` value without that guard. A .gitmodules entry containing directory traversal components (e.g., path = ../../../tmp/escaped) can therefore cause directories to be created via os.makedirs() outside the repository working tree, populated from the submodule URL on the clone path, and removed via shutil.rmtree() when force_remove is used. Exploitation requires an application flow that updates submodules at a non-HEAD commit (such as a historical-commit API); the common clone-then-update flow re-derives the path from a canonical tree lookup and is not affected. The issue is fixed in GitPython 3.1.62.

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CVE-2026-100689

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-100689

GitPython

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

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[
  {
    "vendor": "gitpython-developers",
    "product": "GitPython",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "3.1.62",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "3.1.62",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "packageURL": "pkg:pypi/gitpython",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-100689

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high

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Event
#12678 · Revision 1
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