CVE-2026-44244 (GCVE-0-2026-44244)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-07 18:22
Modified
2026-05-09 03:56
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Summary
GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. Prior to version 3.1.49, GitConfigParser.set_value() passes values to Python's configparser without validating for newlines. GitPython's own _write() converts embedded newlines into indented continuation lines (e.g. \n becomes \n\t), but Git still accepts an indented [core] stanza as a section header — so the injected core.hooksPath becomes effective configuration. Any Git operation that invokes hooks (commit, merge, checkout) will then execute scripts from the attacker-controlled path. This issue has been patched in version 3.1.49.
References
| URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gitpython-developers | GitPython |
Version: < 3.1.49 |
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
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