ubuntu-cve-2026-64652
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-08-07 00:00
Modified
2026-08-07 00:00
Summary
Details

GitHub CLI (gh) is GitHub's official command line tool. Prior to version 2.97.0, gh auth status masked only the characters after the last underscore in certain fine-grained personal access tokens and GitHub App tokens. As a result, part of an affected token could appear in terminal or CI output that is captured or shared. Authenticated users are affected if they ran gh auth status (without the --show-token flag) with a token type whose format contains an underscore after the prefix. This includes fine-grained personal access tokens (github_pat_) and GitHub App installation and user access tokens (ghs_, ghu_; for example, ghs_), as well as the Actions GITHUB_TOKEN. Classic tokens such as gho and ghp_* have an underscore-free body and are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 2.97.0.

Severity
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "gh",
            "binary_version": "2.4.0+dfsg1-2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "gh",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/gh@2.4.0+dfsg1-2?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.4.0+dfsg1-1",
        "2.4.0+dfsg1-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "gh",
            "binary_version": "2.45.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS",
        "name": "gh",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/gh@2.45.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm3?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/noble"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.27.0+dfsg1-1build1",
        "2.30.0-2",
        "2.35.0-1",
        "2.40.1+dfsg1-1",
        "2.42.1-1",
        "2.43.1-1",
        "2.44.1-1",
        "2.44.1-2",
        "2.45.0-1",
        "2.45.0-1build1",
        "2.45.0-1ubuntu0.1",
        "2.45.0-1ubuntu0.2",
        "2.45.0-1ubuntu0.2+esm1",
        "2.45.0-1ubuntu0.2+esm2",
        "2.45.0-1ubuntu0.3",
        "2.45.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm1",
        "2.45.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2",
        "2.45.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "gh",
            "binary_version": "2.46.0-4ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS",
        "name": "gh",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/gh@2.46.0-4ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/resolute"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.46.0-3",
        "2.46.0-4",
        "2.46.0-4ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "GitHub CLI (gh) is GitHub\u0027s official command line tool. Prior to version 2.97.0, gh auth status masked only the characters after the last underscore in certain fine-grained personal access tokens and GitHub App tokens. As a result, part of an affected token could appear in terminal or CI output that is captured or shared. Authenticated users are affected if they ran gh auth status (without the --show-token flag) with a token type whose format contains an underscore after the prefix. This includes fine-grained personal access tokens (github_pat_*) and GitHub App installation and user access tokens (ghs_*, ghu_*; for example, ghs_\u003cAPPID\u003e_\u003cJWT\u003e), as well as the Actions GITHUB_TOKEN. Classic tokens such as gho_* and ghp_* have an underscore-free body and are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 2.97.0.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-64652",
  "modified": "2026-08-07T00:00:00Z",
  "published": "2026-08-07T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-64652"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64652"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/cli/cli/commit/3f6a16a9f8c7fe9676aa8d8f47b399310dd231c3"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.97.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/cli/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-cg6r-mpgc-h9mm"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-64652"
  ]
}



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