Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2026· Updated Sep 3, 2026

CVE-2026-73619

Description

GitPython before 3.1.57 contains an incomplete denylist in the unsafe_git_archive_options guard that omits --add-file and --add-virtual-file options. Attackers can supply these options to Repo.archive() to read arbitrary files from the filesystem and include them in the returned archive.

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Affected products

Gitpython Project/Gitpythonllm-fuzzy
Range: <3.1.57
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/python-GitPython&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 3.1.59-2.1

Patches

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References

github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-539m-9xh6-q6rrnvdExploitVendor Advisory
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitpython-before-arbitrary-file-read-via-repo-archivenvdThird Party Advisory

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