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CVE-2026-78675

NVD HIGH 8.4 · published 2026-08-25 · 1 on the wire

GitPython before 3.1.59 fails to disable merge_includes when parsing .gitmodules, allowing attackers to disclose local file content by including arbitrary file paths via [include] directives. Attackers can craft a malicious .gitmodules file with include directives pointing to sensitive files; when repo.submodules is accessed, GitConfigParser raises MissingSectionHeaderError embedding the target file's first line verbatim in the exception message.

Exploited in the wild

Not on KEV

Not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue as of the last daily pull. Absence is not proof of safety.

EPSS · 30-day forecast

0%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 2th percentile of all CVEs. A forecast; KEV outranks it.

CVSS · NVD

8.4

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Internet exposure

No exposure census on this CVE's dispatches.

On the wire1
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