cve-2023-41040
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-08-30 21:07
Modified
2024-11-19 19:31
Severity ?
4.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
GitPython blind local file inclusion
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/blob/1c8310d7cae144f74a671cbe17e51f63a830adbf/git/refs/symbolic.py#L174-L175Product
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/commit/74e55ee4544867e1bd976b7df5a45869ee397b0b
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/commit/e98f57b81f792f0f5e18d33ee658ae395f9aa3c4
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/pull/1672
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/releases/tag/3.1.37
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-cwvm-v4w8-q58cExploit, Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/gitpython/PYSEC-2023-165.yaml
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00036.html
Impacted products
gitpython-developersGitPython
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