# CVE-2026-114145: GitPython validates a submodule's ".git" path only after cloning into it (RCE)

- Also known as: GHSA-83VG-56QC-22M7, EUVD-2026-107557
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.2.1
- Published: 2026-10-21 · Updated: 2026-10-23

## Affected

- gitpython-developers GitPython: fixed in 3.2.1
- gitpython (PyPI): fixed in 3.2.1

## Description

GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. Prior to 3.2.1, create_submodule() in git/objects/submodule/base.py accepts an attacker-influenced submodule path such as .git/hooks and invokes _clone_repo() before safely rejecting the destination. In 3.1.x, _validate_repo_path() does not exist and the call succeeds silently, while in 3.2.0 and later affected revisions the check in git/index/base.py raises ValueError only after the clone has written to disk and does not remove the planted file. An attacker-controlled submodule can therefore place an executable post-checkout hook that a later Git operation executes. Exploitation requires an application to accept an untrusted submodule path and a clone destination such as .git/hooks that is empty enough for Git to clone into it, which commonly means that default sample hooks are absent. This issue is fixed in version 3.2.1.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-83vg-56qc-22m7
- https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/pull/2264
- https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/commit/97eadb888d2f99567e3113f4e455be4ca128f697
- https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/releases/tag/3.2.1

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