CVE-2026-44243
high
CVSS v3
7.1
CVSS v4 NEW
7.8
VIR risk
7.1
Description
GitPython reference APIs has a path traversal vulnerability that allows arbitrary file write and delete outside the repository
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
70%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Affected | — |
| sid | Fixed | 3.1.50-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.1.50-1 |
| bullseye | Affected | — |
| bookworm | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gitpython_project | gitpython | {"endExcluding":"3.1.48"} | 3.1.48 |
References
- https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-7545-fcxq-7j24
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44243
- https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython
- https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/releases/tag/3.1.48
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44243.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-44243
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7545-fcxq-7j24
CWEs
CWE-22
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.