๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-122299

HIGH 8.8

Dulwich before 1.2.20 Commit Parser Tree Header Misinterpretation

CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Dulwich before 1.2.20 contains a commit object parsing vulnerability where the read path in _parse_commit resolves a duplicate tree header to the last occurrence instead of the first, diverging from core git's resolution behavior, while Poetry 2.5.1 ships this version and uses dulwich by default for git dependency installation. Attackers can craft a commit object with two tree headers so that reviewers and CI using git see a benign tree while Poetry's dulwich-based checkout resolves to a different attacker-controlled tree containing malicious build scripts such as setup.py, resulting in unreviewed code execution on the install or build host.

CWE CWE-1250 CWE-115
Vendor jelmer
Product dulwich
Published Nov 4, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

jelmer / dulwich
0 < 1.2.20

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/jelmer/dulwich/releases/tag/dulwich-1.2.20 github.com: https://github.com/jelmer/dulwich/commit/b77f385b4b0d2d2c7f5ac39dae628948f7ad3a96 vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dulwich-before-commit-parser-tree-header-misinterpretation

Credits

Isabel Mill