{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 3.1.57"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "GitPython"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.1.58"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-88",
      "CWE-94"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-08-07T15:36:43Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "## Summary\n`Repo.init()` forwards `**kwargs` verbatim to `git init` with no unsafe-option guard and no `allow_unsafe_options` parameter. `git init --template=\u003cdir\u003e` copies `\u003cdir\u003e/hooks/*` into the new repo\u0027s `.git/hooks`, so an attacker-controlled `template` kwarg plants a hook that executes on the next git operation \u2192 arbitrary code execution. `--template` is already recognized as unsafe for clone (it is on `unsafe_git_clone_options`, and GHSA-6p8h-3wgx-97gf covers the clone path), but `Repo.init` is a distinct method that never received a guard and needs an independent fix.\n\n## Root Cause\n`Repo.init(path, mkdir, odbt, expand_vars, **kwargs)` is a bare `git.init(**kwargs)` (git/repo/base.py:1435) with no `check_unsafe_options` and no `allow_unsafe_options`.\n\n## Impact\nArbitrary code execution (hook fires on next git op) at the privileges of the host process. Two preconditions raise attack complexity (AC:H): the app must forward a `template=` kwarg (KEY control) AND the attacker must stage an executable hook directory at a known path \u2014 the same profile GHSA-6p8h-3wgx-97gf accepted as HIGH for the clone path. Default `allow_unsafe_options` is irrelevant here because `Repo.init` has no guard at all.\n\n## Proof of Concept\n```python\n# attacker stages /evil/hooks/post-commit (executable)\nfrom git import Repo\nRepo.init(path, template=\"/evil\")\n# next commit runs /evil/hooks/post-commit -\u003e ACE\n```\n\n## Attack Chain\n1. Entry: attacker stages `/evil/hooks/post-commit` (executable) and gets the app to call `Repo.init(path, template=\u0027/evil\u0027)`.\n2. Check: NONE on `Repo.init`. Bypass proof: base.py:1435 is a bare `git.init(**kwargs)`. argv (observed): `[\u0027git\u0027,\u0027init\u0027,\u0027--template=/evil\u0027]`.\n3. Sink: git copies `/evil/hooks/post-commit` \u2192 `\u003crepo\u003e/.git/hooks/post-commit`.\n4. Impact: next commit runs the hook \u2192 arbitrary code execution.\n\n## Bypass Evidence\nIndependently reproduced (gate harness): `Repo.init(dst, template=\u0027\u003cevil\u003e\u0027)` \u2192 argv `[\u0027git\u0027,\u0027init\u0027,\u0027--template=\u003cevil\u003e\u0027]` unguarded; hook copied into `.git/hooks/post-commit`; after `git commit` the `INIT_ACE` marker was created. `--separate-git-dir=\u003cpath\u003e` is a parallel arbitrary-redirect vector through the same unguarded sink (value control only).\n\n## Affected Versions\n`GitPython \u003c= 3.1.57` (unguarded `git.init(**kwargs)` present verbatim on the latest release tag).\n\n## Suggested Fix\nAdd a `check_unsafe_options` guard (with an `allow_unsafe_options` parameter) to `Repo.init`, consulting a denylist that includes `--template` and `--separate-git-dir` (path-taking / hook-installing options).\n\n---\nReported by **zx (Jace)** \u2014 GitHub: @manus-use",
  "id": "GHSA-9rj7-rf2p-w77r",
  "modified": "2026-08-07T15:36:43Z",
  "published": "2026-08-07T15:36:43Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/security/advisories/GHSA-9rj7-rf2p-w77r"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/pull/2204"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/commit/d9ddb55bdc66"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/releases/tag/3.1.58"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "GitPython: Unguarded git option forwarding in Repo.init enables arbitrary command execution via --template clone hooks"
}