{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2026-100689","details":"GitPython before 3.1.62 does not validate the `path` field read from an untrusted .gitmodules file when updating submodules. While a prior fix (GHSA-hmq2-w58f-27jc) added Submodule._validated_name() to constrain the `name` field, and GitPython's own containment guard Submodule._to_relative_path() is applied in add() and move(), Submodule.update() derives the absolute checkout location from the raw `path` value without that guard. A .gitmodules entry containing directory traversal components (e.g., path = ../../../tmp/escaped) can therefore cause directories to be created via os.makedirs() outside the repository working tree, populated from the submodule URL on the clone path, and removed via shutil.rmtree() when force_remove is used. Exploitation requires an application flow that updates submodules at a non-HEAD commit (such as a historical-commit API); the common clone-then-update flow re-derives the path from a canonical tree lookup and is not affected. The issue is fixed in GitPython 3.1.62.","modified":"2026-09-27T05:00:06.709062920Z","published":"2026-09-26T14:16:53.420Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-100689"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-100689"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"python-git","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/python-git?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.1.30-1","3.1.30-1+deb12u2","3.1.36-1","3.1.37-1","3.1.37-2","3.1.37-3","3.1.44-1","3.1.45-1","3.1.46-1","3.1.50-1","3.1.61-1","3.1.62-1","3.1.62-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-100689.json"}},{"package":{"name":"python-git","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/python-git?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.1.44-1","3.1.45-1","3.1.46-1","3.1.50-1","3.1.61-1","3.1.62-1","3.1.62-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-100689.json"}},{"package":{"name":"python-git","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/python-git?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.62-1"}]}],"versions":["3.1.44-1","3.1.45-1","3.1.46-1","3.1.50-1","3.1.61-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-100689.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L"}]}