CVE-2026-73620
GitPython before 3.1.57 fails to guard git option forwarding in IndexFile.checkout() and TagReference.create(), allowing attackers to pass unsafe options via kwargs. Attackers can use --prefix to overwrite arbitrary files with repository content or -F to read arbitrary files returned in-band.
- Affected products
- Gitpython
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGH
- EPSS
- 0.3% (26th percentile)
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- NVD status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-08-13
CVE-2026-73620 at NVD
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