High [CVE-2026-73624] Arbitrary File Overwrite via improper git option validation
This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-73624 affecting Exploit Intelligence, Migration Toolkit for Applications 8, Pen Drive Powered by Red Hat Lightspeed.
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Summary
GitPython versions before 3.1.54 contain an arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability in the Diffable.diff method that fails to validate git options passed through kwargs. Attackers can supply the --output argument via the other parameter or output kwarg to write patch content to attacker-chosen file paths at process privilege level.
A flaw was found in GitPython. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
By failing to properly validate git options passed to the `Diffable.diff` method, an attacker can supply a malicious output argument to write patch content to attacker-controlled file paths, leading to potential system compromise. Red Hat severity: Important — CVSS 8.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).
Weakness: CWE-88.
Affected Red Hat products: Exploit Intelligence; Migration Toolkit for Applications 8; Pen Drive Powered by Red Hat Lightspeed; Red Hat AI Inference Server; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2; Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3; Red Hat Hardened Images; Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI); Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2; Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1; Red Hat Satellite 6.
Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.
- < 3.1.54
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation
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