GitPython: Newline injection in config_writer().set_value() enables RCE via core.hooksPath_CVE-2026-44244

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    "description": "GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. Prior to version 3.1.49, GitConfigParser.set_value() passes values to Python's configparser without validating for newlines. GitPython's own _write() converts embedded newlines into indented continuation lines (e.g. \\n becomes \\n\\t), but Git still accepts an indented [core] stanza as a section header \u2014 so the injected core.hooksPath becomes effective configuration. Any Git operation that invokes hooks (commit, merge, checkout) will then execute scripts from the attacker-controlled path. This issue has been patched in version 3.1.49.",
    "published": "2026-05-07T18:22:39.704Z",
    "modified": "2026-05-07T18:22:39.704Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "GitPython: Newline injection in config_writer().set_value() enables RCE via core.hooksPath",
    "source": "GitHub_M",
    "references": "https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-v87r-6q3f-2j67\nhttps://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/releases/tag/3.1.49",
    "id": "CVE-2026-44244",
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        "CWE-94"
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    "sourceData": "gitpython-developers GitPython < 3.1.49",
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        "score": 7.8,
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        "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
        "version": "3.1"
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