CVE-2026-48501

GitHub CLI (gh) is GitHub’s official command line tool. Prior to 2.93.0, GitHub CLI incorrectly includes authorization header in API requests to TUF repository mirrors via gh attestation, gh release verify, and gh release verify-asset commands. The CLI uses a shared HTTP client with an authentication layer that automatically attaches tokens to outgoing requests. This layer lacks accurate host detection and can incorrectly attribute the target host, providing it with a token it should never receive. Specifically, the host normalization logic collapses any *.github.com subdomain to github.com, so a request to tuf-repo.github.com (a GitHub Pages site, not a GitHub API endpoint) is treated as a request to github.com and receives the user's github.com token. For hosts that don't match github.com or a known GHES instance at all, the resolver falls back to GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN if set. The gh attestation, gh release verify and gh release verify-asset commands fetch data from several external hosts as part of their normal operation (TUF metadata from tuf-repo.github.com and tuf-repo-cdn.sigstore.dev, artifact bundles from Azure Blob Storage). Because these requests go through the same authenticated HTTP client, the token is sent to all of them. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.93.0.
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cpe:2.3:a:github:cli:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Jul 2026, 15:10

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Summary
  • (es) GitHub CLI (gh) es la herramienta oficial de línea de comandos de GitHub. Antes de la versión 2.93.0, GitHub CLI incluye incorrectamente el encabezado de autorización en las solicitudes de API a espejos de repositorio TUF a través de los comandos gh attestation, gh release verify y gh release verify-asset. La CLI utiliza un cliente HTTP compartido con una capa de autenticación que adjunta automáticamente tokens a las solicitudes salientes. Esta capa carece de detección precisa de host y puede atribuir incorrectamente el host de destino, proporcionándole un token que nunca debería recibir. Específicamente, la lógica de normalización de host colapsa cualquier subdominio *.github.com a github.com, por lo que una solicitud a tuf-repo.github.com (un sitio de GitHub Pages, no un punto final de API de GitHub) se trata como una solicitud a github.com y recibe el token github.com del usuario. Para hosts que no coinciden en absoluto con github.com o una instancia GHES conocida, el resolvedor recurre a GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN si está configurado. Los comandos gh attestation, gh release verify y gh release verify-asset obtienen datos de varios hosts externos como parte de su operación normal (metadatos TUF de tuf-repo.github.com y tuf-repo-cdn.sigstore.dev, paquetes de artefactos de Azure Blob Storage). Debido a que estas solicitudes pasan por el mismo cliente HTTP autenticado, el token se envía a todos ellos. Esta vulnerabilidad se corrige en la versión 2.93.0.

17 Jun 2026, 10:55

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References () https://github.com/cli/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-8xvp-7hj6-mcj9 - Vendor Advisory, Mitigation () https://github.com/cli/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-8xvp-7hj6-mcj9 - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory

03 Jun 2026, 21:06

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References () https://github.com/cli/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-8xvp-7hj6-mcj9 - () https://github.com/cli/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-8xvp-7hj6-mcj9 - Vendor Advisory, Mitigation
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CPE cpe:2.3:a:github:cli:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

29 May 2026, 16:16

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Information

Published : 2026-05-29 16:16

Updated : 2026-07-21 15:10


NVD link : CVE-2026-48501

Mitre link : CVE-2026-48501

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-48501


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Products Affected

github

  • cli
CWE
CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization