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+From c99cba55c8ad6eff105ee61b15f7c683e7e4d878 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Byron <sebastian.thiel@icloud.com>
+Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 03:18:54 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Guard pathspec file inputs in high-level commands
+
+<!-- agent -->
+GHSA-hh9p-6wh2-4mfc reports that high-level rm and checkout wrappers
+forwarded pathspec file options without GitPython's unsafe-option policy.
+A regression showed that both commands surfaced multi-line pathspec data in
+Git errors, while reset consumed the same caller-selected file without a
+validation error. The audit also found that reset's positional commit could
+carry the option before its argument separator.
+
+Define one shared unsafe pathspec-file option list and apply it to
+IndexFile.remove, Head.checkout, and HEAD.reset before invoking Git. Check
+reset's positional commit as well as keyword options, retain the standard
+allow_unsafe_options escape hatch for trusted callers, and cover abbreviated
+long-option spellings.
+
+An audit against Git cf5497b14c5a24f10c13f7e0ee85cb95af13ea6a
+(v2.55.0.windows.3-16-gcf5497b14c) found pathspec-file support in add,
+checkout/restore, commit, reset, rm, and stash. GitPython has no arbitrary
+high-level option forwarding to the other commands, and git mv does not
+support this option.
+
+Validated with focused rejection and opt-in tests, 214 affected-module
+regressions, Ruff, basedpyright, and git diff --check.
+
+CVE: CVE-2026-76217
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/commit/f2550b65bf60ca087190981e2c7b6865e201f40c]
+
+Backport Changes:
+- Omitted test/test_git.py, test/test_index.py, test/test_refs.py because the
+ current PyPI source archive does not include the test suite and the
+ python3-git recipe does not run it.
+
+Assisted-by: GPT 5.6
+Co-authored-by: GPT 5.6 <codex@openai.com>
+(cherry picked from commit f2550b65bf60ca087190981e2c7b6865e201f40c)
+Signed-off-by: Yogita Urade <yurade@cisco.com>
+(cherry picked from commit bac80678945ff36fc5e8483a0c6af756a27173fa)
+Signed-off-by: Yogita Urade <yurade@cisco.com>
+---
+ git/cmd.py | 6 ++++++
+ git/index/base.py | 10 ++++++++++
+ git/refs/head.py | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
+ 3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/git/cmd.py b/git/cmd.py
+index 9c2d5d23..c509ff1a 100644
+--- a/git/cmd.py
++++ b/git/cmd.py
+@@ -421,6 +421,12 @@
+ "--upload-pack",
+ ]
+
++ unsafe_git_pathspec_from_file_options = [
++ # Reads pathspecs from a caller-controlled file. Some commands include an
++ # unmatched pathspec in their error output, which can disclose the file.
++ "--pathspec-from-file",
++ ]
++
+ def __getstate__(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+ return slots_to_dict(self, exclude=self._excluded_)
+
+diff --git a/git/index/base.py b/git/index/base.py
+index a2955ec3..c608f2d5 100644
+--- a/git/index/base.py
++++ b/git/index/base.py
+@@ -1011,6 +1011,7 @@ class IndexFile(LazyMixin, git_diff.Diffable, Serializable):
+ self,
+ items: Sequence[Union[PathLike, Blob, BaseIndexEntry, "Submodule"]],
+ working_tree: bool = False,
++ allow_unsafe_options: bool = False,
+ **kwargs: Any,
+ ) -> List[str]:
+ R"""Remove the given items from the index and optionally from the working tree
+@@ -1041,6 +1042,10 @@ class IndexFile(LazyMixin, git_diff.Diffable, Serializable):
+ physically removing the respective file. This may fail if there are
+ uncommitted changes in it.
+
++ :param allow_unsafe_options:
++ Allow unsafe options such as ``--pathspec-from-file`` to be passed to
++ :manpage:`git-rm(1)`.
++
+ :param kwargs:
+ Additional keyword arguments to be passed to :manpage:`git-rm(1)`, such as
+ ``r`` to allow recursive removal.
+@@ -1052,6 +1057,11 @@ class IndexFile(LazyMixin, git_diff.Diffable, Serializable):
+ This is interesting to know in case you have provided a directory or globs.
+ Paths are relative to the repository.
+ """
++ if not allow_unsafe_options:
++ Git.check_unsafe_options(
++ options=Git._option_candidates([], kwargs),
++ unsafe_options=Git.unsafe_git_pathspec_from_file_options,
++ )
+ args = []
+ if not working_tree:
+ args.append("--cached")
+diff --git a/git/refs/head.py b/git/refs/head.py
+index 7e6fc337..1b82fbd3 100644
+--- a/git/refs/head.py
++++ b/git/refs/head.py
+@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from .symbolic import SymbolicReference
+
+ from typing import Any, Sequence, TYPE_CHECKING, Union
+
++from git.cmd import Git
+ from git.types import Commit_ish, PathLike
+
+ if TYPE_CHECKING:
+@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ class HEAD(SymbolicReference):
+ index: bool = True,
+ working_tree: bool = False,
+ paths: Union[PathLike, Sequence[PathLike], None] = None,
++ allow_unsafe_options: bool = False,
+ **kwargs: Any,
+ ) -> "HEAD":
+ """Reset our HEAD to the given commit optionally synchronizing the index and
+@@ -88,12 +90,21 @@ class HEAD(SymbolicReference):
+ Single path or list of paths relative to the git root directory
+ that are to be reset. This allows to partially reset individual files.
+
++ :param allow_unsafe_options:
++ Allow unsafe options such as ``--pathspec-from-file`` to be passed to
++ :manpage:`git-reset(1)`.
++
+ :param kwargs:
+ Additional arguments passed to :manpage:`git-reset(1)`.
+
+ :return:
+ self
+ """
++ if not allow_unsafe_options:
++ Git.check_unsafe_options(
++ options=Git._option_candidates([commit], kwargs),
++ unsafe_options=Git.unsafe_git_pathspec_from_file_options,
++ )
+ mode: Union[str, None]
+ mode = "--soft"
+ if index:
+@@ -238,7 +249,12 @@ class Head(Reference):
+ self.path = "%s/%s" % (self._common_path_default, new_path)
+ return self
+
+- def checkout(self, force: bool = False, **kwargs: Any) -> Union["HEAD", "Head"]:
++ def checkout(
++ self,
++ force: bool = False,
++ allow_unsafe_options: bool = False,
++ **kwargs: Any,
++ ) -> Union["HEAD", "Head"]:
+ """Check out this head by setting the HEAD to this reference, by updating the
+ index to reflect the tree we point to and by updating the working tree to
+ reflect the latest index.
+@@ -250,6 +266,10 @@ class Head(Reference):
+ If ``False``, :exc:`~git.exc.GitCommandError` will be raised in that
+ situation.
+
++ :param allow_unsafe_options:
++ Allow unsafe options such as ``--pathspec-from-file`` to be passed to
++ :manpage:`git-checkout(1)`.
++
+ :param kwargs:
+ Additional keyword arguments to be passed to git checkout, e.g.
+ ``b="new_branch"`` to create a new branch at the given spot.
+@@ -265,6 +285,11 @@ class Head(Reference):
+ the HEAD detached which is allowed and possible, but remains a special state
+ that some tools might not be able to handle.
+ """
++ if not allow_unsafe_options:
++ Git.check_unsafe_options(
++ options=Git._option_candidates([], kwargs),
++ unsafe_options=Git.unsafe_git_pathspec_from_file_options,
++ )
+ kwargs["f"] = force
+ if kwargs["f"] is False:
+ kwargs.pop("f")
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ SRC_URI += "file://CVE-2026-42284.patch \
file://CVE-2026-76220.patch \
file://CVE-2026-76219.patch \
file://CVE-2026-76218.patch \
+ file://CVE-2026-76217.patch \
"
SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "35f314a9f878467f5453cc1fee295c3e18e52f1b99f10f6cf5b1682e968a9e7c"
This patch applies the upstream fix as referenced in [2], using the commit shown in [1]. [1] https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/commit/f2550b65bf60ca087190981e2c7b6865e201f40c [2] https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76217 Signed-off-by: Yogita Urade <yurade@cisco.com> --- .../python/python3-git/CVE-2026-76217.patch | 179 ++++++++++++++++++ .../python/python3-git_3.1.43.bb | 1 + 2 files changed, 180 insertions(+) create mode 100644 meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-git/CVE-2026-76217.patch