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Medium · 5.9 CVE-2026-100689 EUVD-2026-87662GHSA-59cr-6r3x-644wGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp

GitPython before 3.1.62 Path Traversal via gitmodules path

Published Sep 26, 2026 · Updated Oct 8, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

GitPython before 3.1.62 does not validate the `path` field read from an untrusted .gitmodules file when updating submodules. While a prior fix (GHSA-hmq2-w58f-27jc) added Submodule._validated_name() to constrain the `name` field, and GitPython's own containment guard Submodule._to_relative_path() is applied in add() and move(), Submodule.update() derives the absolute checkout location from the raw `path` value without that guard. A .gitmodules entry containing directory traversal components (e.g., path = ../../../tmp/escaped) can therefore cause directories to be created via os.makedirs() outside the repository working tree, populated from the submodule URL on the clone path, and removed via shutil.rmtree() when force_remove is used. Exploitation requires an application flow that updates submodules at a non-HEAD commit (such as a historical-commit API); the common clone-then-update flow re-derives the path from a canonical tree lookup and is not affected. The issue is fixed in GitPython 3.1.62.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
gitpython-developers GitPython < 3.1.62 3.1.62

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 python-git 3.1.62-1 —
Debian 13 python-git 3.1.44-1+deb13u1 —
Debian 12 python-git 3.1.30-1+deb12u3 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 python-git No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS python-git No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS python-git No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS python-git No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS python-git No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS python-git No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS python-git No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS python-git No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed python-GitPython 3.2.0-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11971-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI gitpython < 3.1.62 3.1.62 GHSA-59cr-6r3x-644w

Advisories 1

References