GitPython: Path traversal in GitPython reference APIs allows arbitrary file write and delete outside the repository
Priority HIGH 75CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 11 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00419 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial GitPython (gitpython-developers): 3.1.48GitPython (PyPI): 3.1.48Red Hat: 11 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gitpython-developers | GitPython | before 3.1.48 | 3.1.48 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | GitPython (PyPI) | before 3.1.48 | 3.1.48 | Patch available | GHSA-7545-fcxq-7j24 |
- GitPython Vendorgitpython-developers Affected before 3.1.48 Fixed in 3.1.48 Patch available CNA
- GitPython (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 3.1.48 Fixed in 3.1.48 Patch available GHSA-7545-fcxq-7j24
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:gitpython_project:gitpython:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:* | before 3.1.48 | Vulnerable | gitpython-developers |
- cpe:2.3:a:gitpython_project:gitpython:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:* Versions before 3.1.48 Vulnerable ·gitpython-developers
Remediation
- Fix · CNA GitPython (gitpython-developers) Fixed in 3.1.48
- Fix · GHSA-7545-fcxq-7j24 GitPython (PyPI) Fixed in 3.1.48 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit Intelligence | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Migration Toolkit for Applications 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Pen Drive Powered by Red Hat Lightspeed | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat AI Inference Server | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Hardened Images
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-44243
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7545-fcxq-7j24
References
More gitpython-developers Gitpython vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-54689 GitPython before 3.1.59 Path Traversal via separate-git-dir CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-51706 GitPython before 3.1.55 Environment Variable Exfiltration via Remote.add() CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-47618 GitPython before 3.1.52 Environment Variable Exfiltration via clone_from CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-30595 GitPython: Unsafe option check validates multi_options before shlex.split transforms it CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-47621 GitPython before 3.1.51 Command Injection via option prefix abbreviation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-30536 GitPython: Command injection via Git options bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-44243 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-44243 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7545-fcxq-7j24 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-44243 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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