CVE-2023-41040 — Path Traversal in Gitpython

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	python-git	< python-git 3.1.30-1+deb12u2 (bookworm)	python-git 3.1.30-1+deb12u2 (bookworm)
gitpython-developers	gitpython	< 3.1.37	3.1.37
gitpython_project	gitpython	<= 3.1.34	—
gitpython_project	gitpython	>= 0 < 3.1.37	3.1.37
gitpython_project	gitpython	>= 0 < 3.1.35	3.1.35
ubuntu	python-git	—	—

GHSA

GitPython blind local file inclusion

ghsa·2023-08-30

CVE-2023-41040 [MEDIUM] CWE-22 GitPython blind local file inclusion GitPython blind local file inclusion ### Summary In order to resolve some git references, GitPython reads files from the `.git` directory, in some places the name of the file being read is provided by the user, GitPython doesn't check if this file is located outside the `.git` directory. This allows an attacker to make GitPython read any file from the system. ### Details This vulnerability is present in https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/blob/1c8310d7cae144f74a671cbe17e51f63a830adbf/git/refs/symbolic.py#L174-L175 That code joins the base directory with a user given string without checking if the final path is located outside the base directory. I was able to exploit it from three places, but there may be more code paths that lead to it: https://github.com/gitpython-d

OSV

GitPython blind local file inclusion

osv·2023-08-30

CVE-2023-41040 [MEDIUM] GitPython blind local file inclusion GitPython blind local file inclusion ### Summary In order to resolve some git references, GitPython reads files from the `.git` directory, in some places the name of the file being read is provided by the user, GitPython doesn't check if this file is located outside the `.git` directory. This allows an attacker to make GitPython read any file from the system. ### Details This vulnerability is present in https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/blob/1c8310d7cae144f74a671cbe17e51f63a830adbf/git/refs/symbolic.py#L174-L175 That code joins the base directory with a user given string without checking if the final path is located outside the base directory. I was able to exploit it from three places, but there may be more code paths that lead to it: https://github.com/gitpython-d

OSV

CVE-2023-41040: GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories

osv·2023-08-30

CVE-2023-41040 CVE-2023-41040: GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. In order to resolve some git references, GitPython reads files from the `.git` directory, in some places the name of the file being read is provided by the user, GitPython doesn't check if this file is located outside the `.git` directory. This allows an attacker to make GitPython read any file from the system. This vulnerability is present in https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/blob/1c8310d7cae144f74a671cbe17e51f63a830adbf/git/refs/symbolic.py#L174-L175. That code joins the base directory with a user given string without checking if the final path is located outside the base directory. This vulnerability cannot be used to read the contents of files but could in theory be used to trigger a denial of service

OSV

CVE-2023-41040: GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories

osv·2023-08-30·CVSS 6.5

CVE-2023-41040 [MEDIUM] CVE-2023-41040: GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. In order to resolve some git references, GitPython reads files from the `.git` directory, in some places the name of the file being read is provided by the user, GitPython doesn't check if this file is located outside the `.git` directory. This allows an attacker to make GitPython read any file from the system. This vulnerability is present in https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/blob/1c8310d7cae144f74a671cbe17e51f63a830adbf/git/refs/symbolic.py#L174-L175. That code joins the base directory with a user given string without checking if the final path is located outside the base directory. This vulnerability cannot be used to read the contents of files but could in theory be used to trigger a denial of service

Ubuntu

GitPython vulnerabilities

vendor_ubuntu·2026-05-26·CVSS 6.5

CVE-2026-42215 [MEDIUM] GitPython vulnerabilities Title: GitPython vulnerabilities Summary: Several security issues were fixed in GitPython. Santos Gallegos discovered that GitPython did not properly validate paths when resolving certain Git references. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause files outside the .git directory to be accessed, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-41040) Wes Ring discovered that GitPython did not properly block certain unsafe Git options when they were provided as Python keyword arguments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause arbitrary command execution. (CVE-2026-42215) It was discovered that GitPython did not properly validate clone options before processin

Red Hat

GitPython: Blind local file inclusion

vendor_redhat·2023-08-31·CVSS 4.0

CVE-2023-41040 [MEDIUM] CWE-22 GitPython: Blind local file inclusion GitPython: Blind local file inclusion GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. In order to resolve some git references, GitPython reads files from the `.git` directory, in some places the name of the file being read is provided by the user, GitPython doesn't check if this file is located outside the `.git` directory. This allows an attacker to make GitPython read any file from the system. This vulnerability is present in https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/blob/1c8310d7cae144f74a671cbe17e51f63a830adbf/git/refs/symbolic.py#L174-L175. That code joins the base directory with a user given string without checking if the final path is located outside the base directory. This vulnerability cannot be used to read the contents of files but could in theory

Debian

CVE-2023-41040: python-git - GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. In order t...

vendor_debian·2023·CVSS 4.0

CVE-2023-41040 [MEDIUM] CVE-2023-41040: python-git - GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. In order t... GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. In order to resolve some git references, GitPython reads files from the `.git` directory, in some places the name of the file being read is provided by the user, GitPython doesn't check if this file is located outside the `.git` directory. This allows an attacker to make GitPython read any file from the system. This vulnerability is present in https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/blob/1c8310d7cae144f74a671cbe17e51f63a830adbf/git/refs/symbolic.py#L174-L175. That code joins the base directory with a user given string without checking if the final path is located outside the base directory. This vulnerability cannot be used to read the contents of files but could in theory be used to trigger a denial of service

CVE-2023-41040: GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. In order to resolve some git references, GitPython reads files from the `.git` directory…

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