GitPython versions before 3.1.54 contain an arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability in the Diffable.diff method that fails to validate git options passed through kwargs. Attackers can supply the --output argument via the other parameter or output kwarg to write patch content to attacker-chosen file paths at process privilege level.
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| Description | GitPython versions before 3.1.54 contain an arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability in the Diffable.diff method that fails to validate git options passed through kwargs. Attackers can supply the --output argument via the other parameter or output kwarg to write patch content to attacker-chosen file paths at process privilege level. | |
| Title | GitPython before 3.1.54 Arbitrary File Overwrite via diff | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-88 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-13T15:05:11.349Z
Reserved: 2026-08-13T11:17:25.160Z
Link: CVE-2026-73624
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-13T12:17:27.617
Modified: 2026-08-13T15:20:21.133
Link: CVE-2026-73624
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Updated: 2026-08-13T13:15:04Z