CVE-2026-44243

Aliases:GHSA-7545-fcxq-7j24PYSEC-2026-2162DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44243CGA-286q-xfq4-qfxfCGA-2mfw-v4jg-vcchCGA-774m-rq82-53pmCGA-jmrj-95cr-hwfvCGA-434w-mm7q-chxp
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Analyzed
Published: 07 May 2026, 18:22
Last modified:07 May 2026, 19:12

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
41/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v4.0 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.42% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

07 May 2026, 18:22
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 May 2026, 19:12
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. Prior to version 3.1.48, a vulnerability in GitPython allows attackers who can supply a crafted reference path to an application using GitPython to write, overwrite, move, or delete files outside the repository’s .git directory via insufficient validation of reference paths in reference creation, rename, and delete operations. This issue has been patched in version 3.1.48.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
  • v4.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.42%• Percentile: 36%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-22•Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

    The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

Affected Systems

  • chainguard•awx

    < 24.6.1-r35

  • chainguard•datahub-ingestion-fips

    < 1.5.0.1-r2

  • chainguard•mlflow

    < 3.16.0-r0

  • wolfi•mlflow

    < 3.16.0-r0

  • debian•python-git

    all | all | all | < 3.1.50-1

  • gitpython_project•gitpython

    < 3.1.48

  • gitpython-developers•gitpython

    < 3.1.48

  • PyPI•gitpython

    < 3.1.48

References (6)