Security Advisory
CVE-2026-73622
7.5
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
GitPython before 3.1.55 fails to disable environment variable expansion in Remote.create() and Submodule.add() URL handling, allowing attackers to exfiltrate secrets by supplying URLs containing variable references. Attackers can craft URLs with environment variable tokens that are expanded into .git/config and .gitmodules, then transmitted to attacker-controlled hosts during fetch or pull operations.
Published Date
August 13, 2026
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory