CVE-2026-44243

Publication date 7 May 2026

Last updated 27 May 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. Prior to version 3.1.48, a vulnerability in GitPython allows attackers who can supply a crafted reference path to an application using GitPython to write, overwrite, move, or delete files outside the repository’s .git directory via insufficient validation of reference paths in reference creation, rename, and delete operations. This issue has been patched in version 3.1.48.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python-git 26.04 LTS resolute
Fixed 3.1.46-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
25.10 questing
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.1.37-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.1.24-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.0.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm4
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.1.8-1ubuntu0.1~esm4
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of ESM support, was needs-triage
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.3.2~RC1-3ubuntu0.1~esm3

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
python-git

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-8303-1
    • GitPython vulnerabilities
    • 26 May 2026

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