CVE-2026-78679: GitPython: TagReference.create positional reference bypasses kwargs-only --file guard, enabling arbitrary file read (incomplete fix of 3af0c251)
TagReference.create() forwards a caller-influenced positional reference value into git tag without it ever being inspected by the unsafe-option guard, allowing an arbitrary file read (the file’s contents are returned in-band as the annotated tag message). This is an incomplete-fix bypass of commit 3af0c251 (the fix for GHSA-3f7w-8rr8-f37f’s tag instance).
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-3wxw-xv34-2frg
- github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/commit/1b0d2d9b91575f7db44ef4ff58ac37fc9335e5f6
- github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/pull/2208
- github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/releases/tag/3.1.59
- github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-3wxw-xv34-2frg
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78679
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitpython-before-arbitrary-file-read-via-tagreference-create
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