CVE-2026-78678

Description

GitPython versions before 3.1.59 contain an incomplete denylist in the unsafe_git_revision_options guard that omits --contents and -S options, allowing attackers to read arbitrary files by passing these options to Repo.blame(). Attackers can supply revision values like --contents=/etc/passwd to leak file contents through the blame result returned to the caller.

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References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Other references

• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-78678
• https://github.com/cveproject/cvelistv5/tree/main/cves/2026/78xxx/cve-2026-78678.json
• https://github.com/gitpython-developers/gitpython/security/advisories/ghsa-5xxx-qhh7-9287
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitpython-before-arbitrary-file-read-via-repo-blame