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CVE-2026-73621GHSA-P538-C434-8V24PYSEC-2026-3950

GitPython before 3.1.56 Arbitrary File Truncation via Commit.count

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 3.1.56
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

GitPython before 3.1.56 contains an argument injection vulnerability in the Commit.count() method, which forwards keyword arguments to 'git rev-list' without the check_unsafe_options guard present in the sibling iter_items method. An attacker who can control options passed to Commit.count (e.g., via an application that forwards a user-supplied options dict) can supply output=<path>, causing 'git rev-list --output=<path>' to open and truncate the target file to zero bytes before revision parsing. This allows destruction/blanking of an arbitrary file at the process's privilege level (no content control, 0-byte truncation).

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • gitpython-developers GitPython

    fixed in 3.1.56

  • gitpythonPyPI

    fixed in 3.1.56

References 2

GitHub · gitpython-developers/GitPython

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