{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-52726", "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M", "dateReserved": "2026-06-08T14:00:43.571Z", "datePublished": "2026-06-10T22:13:33.320Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-06-10T22:13:33.320Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"title": "Dulwich's submodule path traversal in porcelain.submodule_update / porcelain.clone(recurse_submodules=True) yields RCE via attacker-dropped .git/hooks payload", "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"cweId": "CWE-22", "lang": "en", "description": "CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')", "type": "CWE"}]}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.5, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}}], "references": [{"name": "https://github.com/jelmer/dulwich/security/advisories/GHSA-gfhv-vqv2-4544", "tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://github.com/jelmer/dulwich/security/advisories/GHSA-gfhv-vqv2-4544"}, {"name": "https://github.com/jelmer/dulwich/releases/tag/dulwich-1.2.5", "tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "https://github.com/jelmer/dulwich/releases/tag/dulwich-1.2.5"}], "affected": [{"vendor": "jelmer", "product": "dulwich", "versions": [{"version": ">= 0.23.2, < 1.2.5", "status": "affected"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "shortName": "GitHub_M", "dateUpdated": "2026-06-10T22:13:33.320Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Dulwich is a pure-Python implementation of the Git file formats and protocols. Starting in version 0.23.2 and prior to version 1.2.5, `dulwich.porcelain.submodule_update`, and by extension `porcelain.clone(..., recurse_submodules=True)`, materializes attacker-controlled submodule paths from a crafted upstream repository without path validation. A malicious `.gitmodules` plus a matching tree gitlink whose `path` is `.git/hooks` (or any other directory inside the parent repository's `.git` directory) causes the attacker's submodule tree contents to be written directly into the victim's `.git/hooks/` directory, preserving executable mode bits. The dropped executables are then run by any subsequent `git` or `dulwich` command that invokes the matching hook, resulting in arbitrary code execution. This is the dulwich equivalent of the upstream Git fixes for CVE-2024-32002 / CVE-2024-32004, which were never propagated into dulwich's separately implemented submodule porcelain. Version 1.2.5 patches the issue."}], "source": {"advisory": "GHSA-gfhv-vqv2-4544", "discovery": "UNKNOWN"}}}}

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