GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

• Repository · github.com

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

1. May 7, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Detected

   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. T

2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Updated

   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. T

Affected

• cpe gitpython project/gitpythonversion unspecified

Sources

• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-44243

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-44243

  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

  nvd.nist.gov

References

• Patch · github.com
• Exploit · github.com