What is GHSA-6cm2-456v-hrq7?

GHSA-6cm2-456v-hrq7 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. GitPython versions before 3.1.54 contain an arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability in the...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-6cm2-456v-hrq7 cover?

GHSA-6cm2-456v-hrq7 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-73624. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-6cm2-456v-hrq7?

GHSA-6cm2-456v-hrq7 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-6cm2-456v-hrq7HighCVSS 8.1

GitPython versions before 3.1.54 contain an arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability in the...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-73624 →

📋 Description

GitPython versions before 3.1.54 contain an arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability in the Diffable.diff method that fails to validate git options passed through kwargs. Attackers can supply the --output argument via the other parameter or output kwarg to write patch content to attacker-chosen file paths at process privilege level.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-fjr4-x663-mwxc
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73624
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitpython-before-arbitrary-file-overwrite-via-diff
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6cm2-456v-hrq7