High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2026· Updated Aug 13, 2026

CVE-2026-73622

Description

GitPython before 3.1.55 fails to disable environment variable expansion in Remote.create() and Submodule.add() URL handling, allowing attackers to exfiltrate secrets by supplying URLs containing variable references. Attackers can craft URLs with environment variable tokens that are expanded into .git/config and .gitmodules, then transmitted to attacker-controlled hosts during fetch or pull operations.

Affected products

Gitpython Project/Gitpythonllm-create
Range: <3.1.55

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/commit/8ac5a30519b6f4af85398b9b9d7064ff4d452da2nvd
github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-94p4-4cq8-9g67nvd
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitpython-before-environment-variable-exfiltration-via-remote-addnvd

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