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HIGH

CVE-2026-110856

CVSS v3

7.5

HIGH

EPSS Score

0.3 %

exploit probability, as of 2026-10-16

CISA KEV

No

known exploited

Exploitation

—

SSVC status

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Affected and fixed versions

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Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2026-110856 Red Hat Product Security46 known affected

    GitPython: GitPython: Denial of Service via regular expression backtracking in date parsing

    exploit-intelligence/vulnerability-analysis-rhel9 as a component of Exploit Intelligence · rhaiis/vllm-cpu-rhel9 as a component of Red Hat AI Inference Server · rhaiis/vllm-tpu-rhel9 as a component of Red Hat AI Inference Server

Full record on NVD

Description

GitPython before 3.2.0 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in the _re_actor_epoch pattern used by parse_actor_and_date on author, committer, and tagger lines. Attackers can serve repositories with commit or tag objects containing long space-filled lines lacking a valid epoch or timezone, causing quadratic backtracking and CPU exhaustion.

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2026-10-14
Last Modified
2026-10-15

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-110856?

GitPython before 3.2.0 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in the _re_actor_epoch pattern used by parse_actor_and_date on author, committer, and tagger lines. Attackers can serve repositories with commit or tag objects containing long space-filled lines lacking a valid epoch or timezone, causing quadratic backtracking and CPU exhaustion.

Is CVE-2026-110856 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-110856 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.3% on 2026-10-16, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-110856?

CVE-2026-110856 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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