{"items":[{"id":"NVI-00008950","kind":"vulnerability","title":"GitPython: arbitrary file read via attacker-controlled branch name in `Head.checkout()` (incomplete fix of CVE-2026-78679)","revision":1,"unknowns":["Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected."],"lifecycle":"active","identifiers":["GHSA-23mf-xhv8-69c2"],"plain_summary":"GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for GitPython. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.","review_status":"source_listed","control_topics":[],"public_actions":[{"summary":"Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.","source_ids":["sr-4740bb681f26c1f2a6183d12072ff5c1"],"action_type":"investigate","limitations":"Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system.","current_supported_target":null}],"schema_version":"1.1.0","source_metrics":[],"why_it_matters":"Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.","related_sources":[{"id":"sr-4740bb681f26c1f2a6183d12072ff5c1","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-23mf-xhv8-69c2","basis":"vendor_advisory","notes":"GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. Null normalizes fields.","title":"GHSA-23mf-xhv8-69c2","publisher":"GitHub Advisory Database","observed_at":"2026-10-31T21:56:51.534Z"}],"affected_context":[{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-4740bb681f26c1f2a6183d12072ff5c1"],"technology":"GitPython","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"> **A note on the referenced files.** This report was submitted through GitHub's private\n> vulnerability reporting API, which carries no attachments. Every transcript this report leans\n> on is reproduced **inline above**, verbatim. The file names it mentions (`poc.sh`, `poc.log`,\n> per-case transcripts, `evidence.md`, `negative-controls.md`, blob-sweep tables) are the local\n> evidence bundle those inline excerpts were extracted from, with a checksum manifest. I am happy\n> to send the bundle by any channel you prefer, or to open a private fork — just say which. The\n> PoC scripts are self-contained and reproduce the result from a clean environment.\n\n---\n\n**Affected:** `<= 3.1.62` — all published releases; also `main` @ `4905b4af`\n**Verified at runtime:** GitPython `3.1.62` with git `2.55.0`\n**Date:** 2026-09-10\n**Reporter:** MAXI8594\n\n---\n\n## Threat model\n\n| | |\n|---|---|\n| **Attacker** | anyone who can get the application to clone a URL they control. No account, no credential, no privilege in the consuming application. |\n| **Pre-need** | a repository they host, with `HEAD` pointing at a branch whose name is the payload. A `git push` to a plain git server is enough — no filesystem ac","public_affected_ranges":["<= 3.1.62"]}],"null_published_at":"2026-10-31T22:13:27.124Z","source_updated_at":"2026-10-27T15:28:31.000Z","source_disclosed_at":"2026-10-27T15:28:03.000Z","is_synthetic_fixture":false,"null_last_reviewed_at":null,"public_change_summary":"First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.","null_first_observed_at":"2026-10-31T21:56:51.534Z"}],"next_cursor":null,"snapshot_revision":"42594"}