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CVE-2026-78678 json

GitPython before 3.1.59 Arbitrary File Read via Repo.blame()

published 3mo ago modified 30d ago also EUVD-2026-65224 , GHSA-5xxx-qhh7-9287 , PYSEC-2026-3788

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

GitPython versions before 3.1.59 contain an incomplete denylist in the unsafe_git_revision_options guard that omits --contents and -S options, allowing attackers to read arbitrary files by passing these options to Repo.blame(). Attackers can supply revision values like --contents=/etc/passwd to leak file contents through the blame result returned to the caller.

Patch / fix

  • pypi gitpython 3.1.59
  • gitpython-developers GitPython 3.1.59
  • python-git Debian 12 3.1.30-1+deb12u3
  • python-git Debian 13 3.1.44-1+deb13u1
  • python-git Debian 14 3.1.61-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-78678

  • python-GitPython SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4 +8 more 3.1.34.1693646983.2a2ae77-150400.9.8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4072-1

  • python-GitPython openSUSE Leap 16.0 3.1.44-160000.4.1
  • python-GitPython openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.1.59-3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21874-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11615-1

  • py3-gitpython Alpine 3.24 3.1.61-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-78678

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-78678 updated cvss 6.5

gitpython: GitPython: Arbitrary file read via Repo.blame()

  • Red Hat Exploit Intelligence exploit-intelligence/vulnerability-analysis-rhel9, exploit-intelligence-tech-preview/vulnerability-analysis-rhel9 Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications 8 mta/mta-solution-server-rhel9 Red Hat AI Inference Server rhaiis/vllm-cpu-rhel9, rhaiis/vllm-tpu-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 python-gitpython 3.1.40-1.el9ap, python3x-gitpython 3.1.40-1.el8ap, python3.11-gitpython 3.1.41-1.el9ap, python3.12-gitpython 3.1.41-2.el9ap, ansible-automation-platform-24/hub-rhel8, ansible-automation-platform-27/hub-rhel9, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 rhelai3/bootc-cuda-rhel9, rhelai3/bootc-rocm-rhel9, rhelai3/bootc-gaudi-rhel9, rhelai3/disk-image-cuda-rhel9 Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-mlflow-rhel9, rhoai/odh-feature-server-rhel9, rhoai/odh-th-torch-cpu-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-th-torch-cuda-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-th-torch-rocm-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-th06-cpu-torch210-py312-rhel9, +23 more
    +3 more products
    Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 python3-GitPython, rhosp-rhel8/openstack-mistral-api, rhosp-rhel8/openstack-mistral-base, rhosp-rhel8/openstack-tripleoclient, rhosp-rhel8/openstack-mistral-engine, rhosp-rhel8/openstack-nova-scheduler, +2 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 GitPython, python3-GitPython Red Hat Satellite 6 python-gitdb, python-smmap, python-gitpython, satellite/iop-vmaas-rhel9, python-gitpython 3.1.40-1.el9ap, python3.12-gitpython 3.1.41-2.el9ap, +1 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 automation-controller 4.7.16-1.el9ap, ansible-automation-platform-25/hub-rhel8, ansible-automation-platform-26/hub-rhel9 Red Hat Hardened Images rust 1.98.0-1.hum1, llvm 22.1.8-4.1.hum1, llvm21 21.1.8-8.hum1, swift-lang 6.3.3-0.1.1.hum1
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-5xxx-qhh7-9287 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 7.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 4.0 7.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi gitpython
<3.1.59
3.1.59

Affected products

  • gitpython-developers GitPython

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

The maintainers of gitpython-developers/GitPython published their own advisory on GitHub. Reviewed sources take precedence over it.