CVE-2023-40267
Aliases:GHSA-pr76-5cm5-w9cjPYSEC-2023-137
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 9
Modified
Published: 11 Aug 2023, 00:00
Last modified:03 Nov 2025, 21:49
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100 CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.35% LOW
0% probability -0.03%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
11 Aug 2023, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Nov 2025, 21:49
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
GitPython before 3.1.32 does not block insecure non-multi options in clone and clone_from. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-24439.
CVSS Metrics
- v4.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.35%• Percentile: 58%
Affected Systems
- gitpython_project•gitpython
< 3.1.32
- PyPI•gitpython
< ca965ecc81853bca7675261729143f54e5bf4cdd | < 3.1.32
References (12)
- https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/pull/1609
- https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/commit/ca965ecc81853bca7675261729143f54e5bf4cdd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF6AXUTC5BO7L2SBJMCVKJSPKWY52I5R/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AV5DV7GBLMOZT7U3Q4TDOJO5R6G3V6GH/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00030.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40267
- https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/gitpython/PYSEC-2023-137.yaml
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AV5DV7GBLMOZT7U3Q4TDOJO5R6G3V6GH
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF6AXUTC5BO7L2SBJMCVKJSPKWY52I5R
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AV5DV7GBLMOZT7U3Q4TDOJO5R6G3V6GH
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF6AXUTC5BO7L2SBJMCVKJSPKWY52I5R