Bug 2558076

Summary:	CVE-2026-73623 GitPython: GitPython: Remote Code Execution via malicious Git template [epel-all]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora EPEL	Reporter:	Florencio Cano <fcanogab>
Component:	GitPython	Assignee:	Lubomír Sedlář <lsedlar>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	high
Version:	epel10	CC:	athoscribeiro, carlwgeorge, code, igor.raits, lsedlar
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Description Florencio Cano 2026-10-21 06:26:45 UTC

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GitPython before 3.1.54 contains an incomplete denylist in unsafe_git_clone_options that omits --template, allowing attackers to achieve arbitrary command execution during clone operations. Attackers can supply --template pointing to a directory containing malicious post-checkout hooks that execute when git clones the repository.

Comment 1 Ben Beasley 2026-10-21 11:10:17 UTC

This is fixed in 3.1.54, which is already in EPEL9 and EPEL10. EPEL8 is at an old version affected by (at this point) dozens of known security issues, but can’t be straightforwardly updated.