Bug 2525276

Summary: CVE-2026-76218 GitPython: GitPython: Remote Code Execution via malicious Git hooks [epel-all]
Product: [Fedora] Fedora EPEL Reporter: Jon Weiser <jweiser>
Component: GitPythonAssignee: Lubomír Sedlář <lsedlar>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: epel10CC: athoscribeiro, carlwgeorge, code, igor.raits, lsedlar
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Description Jon Weiser 2026-08-27 20:39:11 UTC 
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GitPython before 3.1.58 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in Repo.init that forwards unsafe git options without validation. Attackers can supply a template parameter pointing to a directory with malicious git hooks that execute arbitrary code when git operations are performed on the initialized repository.
Comment 1 Ben Beasley 2026-08-27 21:13:09 UTC 
GitPython >=3.1.58 is already in all EPEL branches, except EPEL8 where it cannot be updated.