CVE-2026-76222

python-git: GitPython before 3.1.58 fails to validate submodule names from .gitmodules files, allowing attackers to create Git re...

CVE-2026-76222 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-76222, released September 4, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
n/a
No vendor severity
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0042
36th percentile

GitPython before 3.1.58 fails to validate submodule names from .gitmodules files, allowing attackers to create Git repositories at arbitrary filesystem paths outside the intended clone directory. Attackers can craft malicious repositories with traversal sequences in submodule names that GitPython processes during submodule initialization, creating attacker-controlled Git repositories at escaped filesystem locations.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
python-GitPython · opensuse-leap 16.0 3.1.44-160000.4.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21874-1 Sep 18, 2026
python-GitPython · sles 15.6 3.1.34.1693646983.2a2ae77-150400.9.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4072-1 Sep 8, 2026
python-GitPython · sles 15.7 3.1.34.1693646983.2a2ae77-150400.9.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4072-1 Sep 8, 2026
python-git · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 3.1.30-1+deb12u3 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-76222 Sep 4, 2026
python-git · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 3.1.44-1+deb13u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-76222 Sep 4, 2026
python-git · Debian 14 3.1.61-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-76222 Sep 4, 2026

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