CVE-2026-114098 PUBLISHED

Dulwich 0.22.5 before 1.2.8 Path Traversal via Stash Pop Symlinks

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 20.10.2026 Published: 21.10.2026 Updated: 21.10.2026

Dulwich from 0.22.5 before 1.2.8 contains a path traversal vulnerability in stash.py pop() that allows attackers to write arbitrary files outside the worktree through intermediate directory symlinks. Attackers can craft a malicious repository whose popped stash writes a payload into .git/hooks/post-checkout, achieving code execution on the next checkout.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.3

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	Present	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Passive

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.8

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	Required	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	jelmer
Product	dulwich
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0.22.5 to 1.2.8 (excl.) Version 1.2.8 is unaffected

Credits

manus-use reporter
jelmer finder

References

Problem Types

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE