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CVE-2026-78676

NVD CRITICAL 9.8 · published 2026-08-25 · 1 on the wire

GitPython before 3.1.59 fails to safely re-serialize multi-line git-config values during write operations, corrupting dormant quoted values into injected directives like core.hooksPath. Attackers can craft config files with embedded newlines that become live git directives after any unrelated GitPython config write, enabling arbitrary code execution via hook invocation.

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, 36th percentile of all CVEs. A forecast; KEV outranks it.

CVSS · NVD

9.8

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

Internet exposure

No exposure census on this CVE's dispatches.

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