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HIGH

CVE-2026-73625

CVSS v3

8.8

HIGH

EPSS Score

0.9 %

exploit probability, as of 2026-10-17

CISA KEV

No

known exploited

Exploitation

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SSVC status

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Affected and fixed versions

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • gitpythonPyPIall versions · fixed in 3.1.54

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2026-73625 Red Hat Product Security177 products fixed · 25 known affected

    gitpython: GitPython: Remote Code Execution via kwarg value smuggling

    exploit-intelligence-tech-preview/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

  • RHSA-2026:74506 Red Hat Product Security88 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.16.14 Async Update

  • RHSA-2026:74505 Red Hat Product Security43 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.17.12 Async Update

  • RHSA-2026:71210 Red Hat Product Security8 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 Container Release Update

  • RHSA-2026:71179 Red Hat Product Security8 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 Container Release Update

  • RHSA-2026:68780 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Technical preview of the satellite/iop-vmaas-rhel9 container image

6 more advisories

Full record on NVD

Description

GitPython versions before 3.1.54 contain a remote code execution vulnerability in the check_unsafe_options guard that can be bypassed by smuggling git options inside single-character kwarg values. Attackers can supply crafted option dictionaries to clone_from, fetch, pull, push, ls_remote, iter_commits, blame, or archive methods to execute arbitrary OS commands via the --upload-pack parameter.

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2026-08-13
Last Modified
2026-08-14

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-73625?

GitPython versions before 3.1.54 contain a remote code execution vulnerability in the check_unsafe_options guard that can be bypassed by smuggling git options inside single-character kwarg values. Attackers can supply crafted option dictionaries to clone_from, fetch, pull, push, ls_remote, iter_commits, blame, or archive methods to execute arbitrary OS commands via the --upload-pack parameter.

Is CVE-2026-73625 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-73625 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.9% on 2026-10-17, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-73625?

CVE-2026-73625 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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