CVE-2026-122299 PUBLISHED

Dulwich before 1.2.20 Commit Parser Tree Header Misinterpretation

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 04.11.2026 Published: 04.11.2026 Updated: 04.11.2026

Dulwich before 1.2.20 contains a commit object parsing vulnerability where the read path in _parse_commit resolves a duplicate tree header to the last occurrence instead of the first, diverging from core git's resolution behavior, while Poetry 2.5.1 ships this version and uses dulwich by default for git dependency installation. Attackers can craft a commit object with two tree headers so that reviewers and CI using git see a benign tree while Poetry's dulwich-based checkout resolves to a different attacker-controlled tree containing malicious build scripts such as setup.py, resulting in unreviewed code execution on the install or build host.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.6

Product Status

Vendor jelmer
Product dulwich
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.2.20 (excl.)

Credits

  • Isabel Mill finder

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Preservation of Consistency Between Independent Representations of Shared State CWE
  • Misinterpretation of Input CWE