Description
Dulwich is a pure-Python implementation of the Git file formats and protocols. Starting in version 0.23.2 and prior to version 1.2.5, `dulwich.porcelain.submodule_update`, and by extension `porcelain.clone(..., recurse_submodules=True)`, materializes attacker-controlled submodule paths from a crafted upstream repository without path validation. A malicious `.gitmodules` plus a matching tree gitlink whose `path` is `.git/hooks` (or any other directory inside the parent repository's `.git` directory) causes the attacker's submodule tree contents to be written directly into the victim's `.git/hooks/` directory, preserving executable mode bits. The dropped executables are then run by any subsequent `git` or `dulwich` command that invokes the matching hook, resulting in arbitrary code execution. This is the dulwich equivalent of the upstream Git fixes for CVE-2024-32002 / CVE-2024-32004, which were never propagated into dulwich's separately implemented submodule porcelain. Version 1.2.5 patches the issue.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| jelmer | dulwich | >= 0.23.2, < 1.2.5 | — |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | dulwich | 1.2.5-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | dulwich | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | dulwich | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | dulwich | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | dulwich | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | dulwich | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | dulwich | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | dulwich | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | dulwich | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | dulwich | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | dulwich | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | dulwich | >= 0.23.2, < 1.2.5 | 1.2.5 | GHSA-gfhv-vqv2-4544 |