FKIE_CVE-2023-41040

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-08-30 22:15 - Updated: 2025-11-03 22:16
Severity ?
4.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Summary
GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. In order to resolve some git references, GitPython reads files from the `.git` directory, in some places the name of the file being read is provided by the user, GitPython doesn't check if this file is located outside the `.git` directory. This allows an attacker to make GitPython read any file from the system. This vulnerability is present in https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/blob/1c8310d7cae144f74a671cbe17e51f63a830adbf/git/refs/symbolic.py#L174-L175. That code joins the base directory with a user given string without checking if the final path is located outside the base directory. This vulnerability cannot be used to read the contents of files but could in theory be used to trigger a denial of service for the program. This issue has been addressed in version 3.1.37.
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
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/blob/1c8310d7cae144f74a671cbe17e51f63a830adbf/git/refs/symbolic.py#L174-L175Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-cwvm-v4w8-q58cExploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00036.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00030.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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