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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.7 High

CVE-2026-110856

GitPython before 3.2.0 ReDoS via _re_actor_epoch in parse_actor_and_date

Description

GitPython before 3.2.0 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in the _re_actor_epoch pattern used by parse_actor_and_date on author, committer, and tagger lines. Attackers can serve repositories with commit or tag objects containing long space-filled lines lacking a valid epoch or timezone, causing quadratic backtracking and CPU exhaustion.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

gitpython-developers GitPython

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 3.2.0affected
  • 3.2.0unaffected
pkg:pypi/GitPython

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