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.
CVE-2026-100689
“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.
Score 5.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-26. The CNA's CVSS baseline 5.9; sources differ by 0.0.
Also known asEUVD-2026-87662 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.9
- EG Score
- 5.9MEDIUMmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 27EG Risk 27/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity59% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 5.9 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation0.4% × 40%FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.Automatability0% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at every mission impact level.Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines. - EPSS PROB
- 0.4%
- EPSS %ILE
- 34th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.9): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.9 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.4% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
September 26, 2026
Last Modified
October 8, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Sep 26, 2026GitPython before 3.1.62 Path Traversal via gitmodules path | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitpython-before-3.1.62-path-traversal-via-gitmodules-pathResidual of GHSA-hmq2-w58f-27jc: the fix validates the `.gitmodules` **name** but the sibling **path** field still reaches `os.makedirs()` unguarded, although GitPython already owns the containment guard · Advisory · gitpython-developers/GitPython · GitHub
https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-59cr-6r3x-644wVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-100689(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| python-git | 3.1.30-1 ... 3.1.62-2 (13 versions) |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| python-git | 3.1.44-1 ... 3.1.62-2 (7 versions) |
| — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| python-git | 3.1.44-1, 3.1.45-1, 3.1.46-1, 3.1.50-1, 3.1.61-1 |
| — |
PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gitpython | 0.1.7 ... 3.1.9 (114 versions) |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 60× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
- 2026-11-01 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 34th percentile
- 2026-10-31 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 34th percentile
- 2026-10-30 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 34th percentile
- 2026-10-29 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 34th percentile
- 2026-10-28 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 34th percentile
- 2026-10-27 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 34th percentile
- 2026-10-26 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 34th percentile
- 2026-10-26 15:32 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-26 15:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-10-25 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 34th percentile
- 2026-10-25 15:58 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-24 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 33rd percentile
- 2026-10-23 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 33rd percentile
- 2026-10-23 09:53 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-23 09:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-10-22 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 33rd percentile
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- 2026-10-20 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 32nd percentile
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- 2026-10-18 05:11 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-17 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 32nd percentile
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- 2026-10-13 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 32nd percentile
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- 2026-10-11 13:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 32nd percentile
- 2026-10-11 09:34 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-11 09:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-10-10 19:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 32nd percentile
- 2026-10-10 11:35 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-10 11:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-10-09 20:06 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 32nd percentile
- 2026-10-09 13:37 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-09 13:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-10-08 17:11 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 32nd percentile
- 2026-10-08 15:37 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-08 15:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-10-08 02:57 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-08 02:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-10-07 23:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 32nd percentile
- 2026-10-07 04:58 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-07 04:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-10-06 15:17 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 32nd percentile
- 2026-10-06 06:59 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-06 06:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-10-05 17:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 32nd percentile
- 2026-10-05 08:59 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-05 08:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-10-04 23:21 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 32nd percentile
- 2026-10-04 11:00 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-04 11:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 32nd percentile
- 2026-10-03 13:02 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-03 13:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-10-02 14:59 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-02 14:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 31st percentile
- 2026-10-01 17:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-09-30 18:41 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-30 18:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-09-30 17:47 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-30 17:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 31st percentile
- 2026-09-29 22:13 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-29 22:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-09-29 15:20 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 31st percentile
- 2026-09-29 08:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-29 08:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-09-28 13:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 31st percentile
- 2026-09-28 10:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-28 10:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-09-27 12:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-27 12:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cw5h-x3x9-4mwp · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 5.9
- 2026-09-26 14:31 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-26 13:35 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 5.9 MEDIUM
- 2026-09-26 13:30 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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