What is GHSA-w672-239g-c3gr?

GHSA-w672-239g-c3gr is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. GitPython versions before 3.1.58 fail to validate options passed to git rm and git checkout...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-w672-239g-c3gr cover?

GHSA-w672-239g-c3gr covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-76217. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-w672-239g-c3gr?

GHSA-w672-239g-c3gr has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-w672-239g-c3grHighCVSS 6.5

GitPython versions before 3.1.58 fail to validate options passed to git rm and git checkout...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-76217 →

📋 Description

GitPython versions before 3.1.58 fail to validate options passed to git rm and git checkout commands in IndexFile.remove() and Head.checkout(). Attackers can supply --pathspec-from-file and --pathspec-file-nul parameters to read arbitrary files accessible to the process, with full file contents returned in GitCommandError.stderr.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-hh9p-6wh2-4mfc
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76217
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitpython-before-arbitrary-file-read-via-pathspec-from-file
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w672-239g-c3gr