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.
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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.
Title GitPython before 3.1.58 Arbitrary File Read via pathspec-from-file
First Time appeared Gitpython Project
Gitpython Project gitpython
Weaknesses CWE-73
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitpython_project:gitpython:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitpython Project
Gitpython Project gitpython
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-19T14:02:02.061Z

Reserved: 2026-08-19T11:35:13.689Z

Link: CVE-2026-76217

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-19T14:17:47.903

Modified: 2026-08-19T14:17:47.903

Link: CVE-2026-76217

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T16:45:16Z