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Updated python-gitpython packages fix security vulnerabilities

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

Denial of Service via catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS) in Actor.name_email_regex — commit author/committer field parsing Repository content can impersonate the git directory, leading to arbitrary code execution Residual of GHSA-hmq2-w58f-27jc: the fix validates the `.gitmodules` **name** but the sibling **path** field still reaches `os.makedirs()` unguarded, although GitPython already owns the containment guard

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MGASA-2026-0450

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: osv:MGASA-2026-0450

python-gitpython

Source reference: /affected/0/package/name

Affected versions
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Fixed versions
3.1.62-1.mga10

Source reference: /affected/0/ranges

Prerequisites
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python-gitpython

Source reference: /affected/1/package/name

Affected versions
Not stated in this record
Fixed versions
3.1.62-1.mga9

Source reference: /affected/1/ranges

Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "package": {
      "name": "python-gitpython",
      "purl": "pkg:rpm/mageia/python-gitpython?arch=source&distro=mageia-10",
      "ecosystem": "Mageia:10"
    },
    "database_specific": {
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    "package": {
      "name": "python-gitpython",
      "purl": "pkg:rpm/mageia/python-gitpython?arch=source&distro=mageia-9",
      "ecosystem": "Mageia:9"
    },
    "database_specific": {
      "source": "https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0450.json"
    },
    "ecosystem_specific": {
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  }
]

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