Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2026
CVE-2026-73621
CVE-2026-73621
Description
GitPython before 3.1.56 contains an argument injection vulnerability in the Commit.count() method, which forwards keyword arguments to 'git rev-list' without the check_unsafe_options guard present in the sibling iter_items method. An attacker who can control options passed to Commit.count (e.g., via an application that forwards a user-supplied options dict) can supply output=, causing 'git rev-list --output=' to open and truncate the target file to zero bytes before revision parsing. This allows destruction/blanking of an arbitrary file at the process's privilege level (no content control, 0-byte truncation).
Affected products
1- Range: <3.1.56
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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