CVE-2026-110856
GitPython before 3.2.0 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in the…
- Risk score
- 54/100
- CVSS
- 7.5 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.3%
- Published
- 14 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- GitPython before 3.2.0 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in the _re_actor_epoch pattern used by parse_actor_and_date on author, committer, and tagger lines. Attackers can serve repositories with commit or tag objects containing long space-filled lines lacking a valid epoch or timezone, caus…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Upgrade the product to 3.2.0 or later.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.5 high
- Remotely exploitable without logging in
References
Original description
GitPython before 3.2.0 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in the _re_actor_epoch pattern used by parse_actor_and_date on author, committer, and tagger lines. Attackers can serve repositories with commit or tag objects containing long space-filled lines lacking a valid epoch or timezone, causing quadratic backtracking and CPU exhaustion.
Last activity 14 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.