GHSA-h6m2-r6h9-4c44CriticalCVSS 9.6

BBOT's insufficient sanitization issues in gitdumper.py can lead to RCE

Published
October 9, 2025
Last Modified
October 27, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

Summary

bbot's gitdumper.py insufficiently sanitises a .git/config file, leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE).

bbot's gitdumper.py can be made to consume a malicious .git/index file, leading to arbitrary file write which can be used to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE).

Impact

A user who uses bbot to scan a malicious webserver may have arbitrary code executed on their system.

🎯 Affected products1

  • pip/bbot:< 2.7.0

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