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High · 8.8 CVE-2026-122299 EUVD-2026-117194GHSA-6jv4-m4h7-2vv8

Dulwich before 1.2.20 Commit Parser Tree Header Misinterpretation

Published Nov 4, 2026 · Updated Nov 9, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

Dulwich before 1.2.20 contains a commit object parsing vulnerability where the read path in _parse_commit resolves a duplicate tree header to the last occurrence instead of the first, diverging from core git's resolution behavior, while Poetry 2.5.1 ships this version and uses dulwich by default for git dependency installation. Attackers can craft a commit object with two tree headers so that reviewers and CI using git see a benign tree while Poetry's dulwich-based checkout resolves to a different attacker-controlled tree containing malicious build scripts such as setup.py, resulting in unreviewed code execution on the install or build host.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
jelmer dulwich < 1.2.20 1.2.20

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 dulwich No fix yet —
Debian 13 dulwich No fix yet —
Debian 12 dulwich No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 dulwich No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS dulwich No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS dulwich No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS dulwich No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS dulwich No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS dulwich No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS dulwich No fix yet —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 python-dulwich No fix yet —

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