What is GHSA-m3x4-5jfw-2mqc?

GHSA-m3x4-5jfw-2mqc is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. GitPython before 3.1.57 contains an incomplete denylist in the unsafe_git_archive_options guard...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-m3x4-5jfw-2mqc cover?

GHSA-m3x4-5jfw-2mqc covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-73619. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-m3x4-5jfw-2mqc?

GHSA-m3x4-5jfw-2mqc has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-m3x4-5jfw-2mqcHighCVSS 6.5

GitPython before 3.1.57 contains an incomplete denylist in the unsafe_git_archive_options guard...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

August 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-73619 →

📋 Description

GitPython before 3.1.57 contains an incomplete denylist in the unsafe_git_archive_options guard that omits --add-file and --add-virtual-file options. Attackers can supply these options to Repo.archive() to read arbitrary files from the filesystem and include them in the returned archive.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-539m-9xh6-q6rr
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73619
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitpython-before-arbitrary-file-read-via-repo-archive
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m3x4-5jfw-2mqc