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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-52726 EUVD-2026-36195GHSA-gfhv-vqv2-4544PYSEC-2026-2465

Dulwich's submodule path traversal in porcelain.submodule_update / porcelain.clone(recurse_submodules=True) yields RCE via attacker-dropped .git/hooks payload

Published Jun 10, 2026 · Updated Jun 11, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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

VendorProductAffectedFixed
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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 dulwich 1.2.5-1 —
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 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)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI dulwich >= 0.23.2, < 1.2.5 1.2.5 GHSA-gfhv-vqv2-4544

References