CWE-696

Incorrect Behavior Order

The product performs multiple related behaviors, but the behaviors are performed in the wrong order in ways that may produce resultant weaknesses.

CVE-2026-45033 (GCVE-0-2026-45033)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-13 15:45 – Updated: 2026-05-13 18:38
VLAI
Title
GitHub Copilot CLI: Nested Bare Repository Can Execute Arbitrary Commands via core.fsmonitor
Summary
GitHub Copilot CLI brings AI-powered coding assistance directly to your command line. Prior to 1.0.43, a security vulnerability has been identified in GitHub Copilot CLI where a malicious bare git repository nested inside a project directory can achieve arbitrary code execution when the agent performs git operations. By exploiting git's automatic bare repository discovery during directory traversal, an attacker can set core.fsmonitor or other executable config keys to run arbitrary commands without user awareness or approval. The vulnerability arises because git's core.fsmonitor config key (and 15+ similar keys such as core.hookspath, diff.external, merge.tool, etc.) can specify arbitrary shell commands that git will execute as part of normal operations like status, diff, or rev-parse. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.43.
Severity
8.5 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-696 - Incorrect Behavior Order
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
github copilot-cli Affected: < 1.0.43
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CVE-2026-49317 (GCVE-0-2026-49317)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-29 12:42 – Updated: 2026-05-29 15:26
VLAI
Title
Indian Scout Bobber 2025 Infotainment Digital Round skips PIN entry when WCM is silent at boot
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CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
1 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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  • CWE-636 - Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open')
  • CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
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References
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https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/696.html technical-description
Impacted products
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Scott Sheahan, Rustic Security LLC
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CVE-2026-49318 (GCVE-0-2026-49318)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-29 13:18 – Updated: 2026-05-29 14:07
VLAI
Title
Indian Scout Bobber 2025 Infotainment Digital Round skips PIN entry when WCM is silent at boot
Summary
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CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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CWE
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  • CWE-636 - Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open')
  • CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/696.html technical-description
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-05-29 15:00
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Scott Sheahan, Rustic Security LLC
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    "dateUpdated": "2026-05-29T14:07:27.548Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.2"
}

No mitigation information available for this CWE.

CAPEC-463: Padding Oracle Crypto Attack

An adversary is able to efficiently decrypt data without knowing the decryption key if a target system leaks data on whether or not a padding error happened while decrypting the ciphertext. A target system that leaks this type of information becomes the padding oracle and an adversary is able to make use of that oracle to efficiently decrypt data without knowing the decryption key by issuing on average 128*b calls to the padding oracle (where b is the number of bytes in the ciphertext block). In addition to performing decryption, an adversary is also able to produce valid ciphertexts (i.e., perform encryption) by using the padding oracle, all without knowing the encryption key.

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