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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.3 Critical

CVE-2026-78676

GitPython before 3.1.59 Remote Code Execution via Config Injection

Description

GitPython before 3.1.59 fails to safely re-serialize multi-line git-config values during write operations, corrupting dormant quoted values into injected directives like core.hooksPath. Attackers can craft config files with embedded newlines that become live git directives after any unrelated GitPython config write, enabling arbitrary code execution via hook invocation.

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 < 3.1.59affected
  • 3.1.59unaffected
pkg:pypi/gitpython

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