GitPython versions before 3.1.58 contain an arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability in IndexFile.from_tree, IndexFile.reset, and IndexFile.merge_tree methods that append caller-influenced treeish strings to git read-tree without option validation or argument separation. Attackers can inject the --index-output option to overwrite arbitrary files with a valid git-index blob, destroying existing file content at attacker-controlled writable paths.
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| Description | GitPython versions before 3.1.58 contain an arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability in IndexFile.from_tree, IndexFile.reset, and IndexFile.merge_tree methods that append caller-influenced treeish strings to git read-tree without option validation or argument separation. Attackers can inject the --index-output option to overwrite arbitrary files with a valid git-index blob, destroying existing file content at attacker-controlled writable paths. | |
| Title | GitPython before 3.1.58 Arbitrary File Overwrite via read-tree | |
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Gitpython Project
Gitpython Project gitpython |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-88 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gitpython_project:gitpython:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Gitpython Project
Gitpython Project gitpython |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
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Updated: 2026-08-19T14:02:03.425Z
Reserved: 2026-08-19T11:35:13.689Z
Link: CVE-2026-76219
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-19T14:17:48.187
Modified: 2026-08-19T14:17:48.187
Link: CVE-2026-76219
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