CVE-2026-78676 — GitPython before 3.1.59 Remote Code Execution via Config Injection
GitPython before 3.1.59 fails to safely re-serialize multi-line git-config values during write operations, corrupting dormant quoted values into injected directives like core.ho…
Published: 2026-08-25 · CVSS: 9.3 · CVSS 4.0
GitPython before 3.1.59 fails to safely re-serialize multi-line git-config values during write operations, corrupting dormant quoted values into injected directives like core.hooksPath. Attackers can craft config files with embedded newlines that become live git directives after any unrelated GitPython config write, enabling arbitrary code execution via hook invocation.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7