Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
The GitHub CLI (github.com/cli/cli/v2) versions before 2.97.0 are affected by a path traversal flaw, where some REST API request URLs were built without escaping variable path components. A value containing URL path metacharacters can change the request path, so gh may read or act on a different resource than the user intended. The source does not describe exactly what an attacker must control beyond a value that reaches a request path. Upgrade to version 2.97.0 or later.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | Medium | 4.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0051, the 43rd percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:11 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:11 UTC Confirmed by OSV