Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-42284

HighPublic PoC

Published: 07 May 2026

Published
07 May 2026
Modified
07 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0005 14.3th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. Prior to version 3.1.47, _clone() validates multi_options as the original list, then executes shlex.split(" ".join(multi_options)). A string like "--branch main --config core.hooksPath=/x" passes validation (starts with --branch), but after…

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split becomes ["--branch", "main", "--config", "core.hooksPath=/x"]. Git applies the config and executes attacker hooks during clone. This issue has been patched in version 3.1.47.

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Details

CWE(s)
CWE-88

Affected Products

gitpython project
gitpython
≤ 3.1.47

References