Description
GitPython before 3.1.60 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in Actor.name_email_regex that processes commit author and committer fields. Attackers can craft a commit object with a malformed author field containing an unterminated angle bracket to cause quadratic backtracking, exhausting CPU resources for over two minutes per commit access.
Published: 2026-09-09
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitpython_project:gitpython:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gitpython-developers
Gitpython-developers gitpython
Vendors & Products Gitpython-developers
Gitpython-developers gitpython

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description GitPython before 3.1.60 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in Actor.name_email_regex that processes commit author and committer fields. Attackers can craft a commit object with a malformed author field containing an unterminated angle bracket to cause quadratic backtracking, exhausting CPU resources for over two minutes per commit access.
Title GitPython before 3.1.60 Denial of Service via ReDoS
First Time appeared Gitpython Project
Gitpython Project gitpython
Weaknesses CWE-1333
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitpython_project:gitpython:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitpython Project
Gitpython Project gitpython
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Gitpython-developers Gitpython
Gitpython Project Gitpython
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-18T17:23:09.579Z

Reserved: 2026-09-09T10:32:34.110Z

Link: CVE-2026-87819

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Updated: 2026-09-18T17:17:52.425Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-09T12:17:17.120

Modified: 2026-09-18T18:17:34.697

Link: CVE-2026-87819

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

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Updated: 2026-09-10T22:30:08Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-1333

    Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity