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ubuntu-cve-2026-64654

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2026-08-06 22:18

Modified

2026-08-13 00:13

Summary

Details

GitHub CLI (gh) is GitHub's official command line tool. Prior to version 2.97.0, multiple GitHub CLI commands printed externally controlled gist, API, pull request, release, codespace, skill, or agent-task content without neutralizing terminal escape sequences. An attacker who can influence that content can embed escape sequences that are interpreted by the terminal of a user who runs an affected command, with impact ranging from cosmetic manipulation of the title or on-screen content to, on some terminal emulators, command execution. This extends the same class of issue as CVE-2026-45803—which addressed only gh run view --log—to the other affected command paths. This issue is fixed in version 2.97.0.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-64654	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64654	REPORT
	https://github.com/cli/cli/commit/2a1409fe88d416c…	REPORT
	https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.97.0	REPORT
	https://github.com/cli/cli/security/advisories/GH…	REPORT

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          {
            "binary_name": "gh",
            "binary_version": "2.4.0+dfsg1-2"
          }
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        "name": "gh",
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-64654",
  "modified": "2026-08-13T00:13:01Z",
  "published": "2026-08-06T22:18:00Z",
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      "url": "https://github.com/cli/cli/commit/2a1409fe88d416cc85fc96fb5bc473f83ed5a054"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.97.0"
    },
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
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      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    },
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      "score": "medium",
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    }
  ],
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  ]
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CVE-2026-64654 (GCVE-0-2026-64654)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-06 18:27 – Updated: 2026-08-07 17:09

Title

GitHub CLI: Terminal escape sequence injection in multiple `gh` commands

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-07 15:29 UTC

CWE

CWE-150 - Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/cli/cli/security/advisories/GH…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/cli/cli/commit/2a1409fe88d416c…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.97.0	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
cli	cli	Affected: < 2.97.0

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