GitPython from 3.1.62 before 3.2.0 contains a symlink-following flaw in Submodule.move(), which checks the destination only lexically and does not reject symbolic links in intermediate path components. An untrusted repository can commit a symlink such as vendor pointing outside the worktree, so an application moving an initialized submodule beneath it relocates the checkout externally and corrupts the index and .gitmodules.
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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000
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| Description | GitPython from 3.1.62 before 3.2.0 contains a symlink-following flaw in Submodule.move(), which checks the destination only lexically and does not reject symbolic links in intermediate path components. An untrusted repository can commit a symlink such as vendor pointing outside the worktree, so an application moving an initialized submodule beneath it relocates the checkout externally and corrupts the index and .gitmodules. | |
| Title | GitPython 3.1.62 before 3.2.0 Symlink Path Traversal via Submodule.move() | |
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Gitpython Project
Gitpython Project gitpython |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-59 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gitpython_project:gitpython:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Gitpython Project
Gitpython Project gitpython |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-14T22:52:44.690Z
Reserved: 2026-10-14T22:18:33.239Z
Link: CVE-2026-110860
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-14T23:17:27.340
Modified: 2026-10-14T23:17:27.340
Link: CVE-2026-110860
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