CVE-2026-44243

UNKNOWN 0.0

GitPython: Path traversal in GitPython reference APIs allows arbitrary file write and delete outside the repository

CVSS Score

0.0

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. Prior to version 3.1.48, a vulnerability in GitPython allows attackers who can supply a crafted reference path to an application using GitPython to write, overwrite, move, or delete files outside the repository’s .git directory via insufficient validation of reference paths in reference creation, rename, and delete operations. This issue has been patched in version 3.1.48.

CWE	CWE-22
Vendor	gitpython-developers
Product	gitpython
Published	May 7, 2026
Last Updated	May 7, 2026

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Affected Versions

gitpython-developers / GitPython

< 3.1.48

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

github.com: https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-7545-fcxq-7j24 github.com: https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/releases/tag/3.1.48