GitPython validates a submodule's ".git" path only after cloning into it (RCE)

影響: pip:Gitpython <= 3.2.0 → 3.2.1

create_submodule(name, path, url) clones a submodule into the repo's own .git directory before it rejects the path. A path of ".git/hooks" is accepted by the pre-clone check, so the submodule is cloned straight into the live hooks directory, and a file named post-checkout in the submodule becomes an executable .git/hooks/post-checkout. On 3.2.0+ the later index check does raise ValueError, but only after the clone already wrote to disk, and it does not remove the planted hook; on 3.1.x there is…

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On 10/23/2026, 01:41 AM, GitHub Advisory Database published "GitPython validates a submodule's ".git" path only after cloning into it (RCE)" (type: Advisory). Severity is "High" (high). Related technologies: Python. CVE: CVE-2026-114145.