🚨 CVE-2026-87817
GitPython before 3.1.60 fails to properly validate the git directory location, allowing attackers to impersonate the git directory using tracked files like gitdir, commondir, and HEAD. Attackers can execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious pre-commit hook in the tracked hooks directory that executes when a victim calls index.commit() on a cloned or opened repository.
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Repository content can impersonate the git directory, leading to arbitrary code execution
### Summary
`Repo.__init__` decides which directory is the git directory by testing candidate paths in an order that
considers the real `.git` **last**. Two earlier tests can be satisfied by or...
September 9, 2026 12
