CVE-2025-48938 (GCVE-0-2025-48938)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-30 18:45 – Updated: 2025-05-30 20:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Prevent GitHub CLI and extensions from executing arbitrary commands from compromised GitHub Enterprise Server
Summary
go-gh is a collection of Go modules to make authoring GitHub CLI extensions easier. A security vulnerability has been identified in versions prior to 2.12.1 where an attacker-controlled GitHub Enterprise Server could result in executing arbitrary commands on a user's machine by replacing HTTP URLs provided by GitHub with local file paths for browsing. In `2.12.1`, `Browser.Browse()` has been enhanced to allow and disallow a variety of scenarios to avoid opening or executing files on the filesystem without unduly impacting HTTP URLs. No known workarounds are available other than upgrading.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-30 20:38 UTC
CWE
- CWE-501 - Trust Boundary Violation
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/cli/go-gh/security/advisories/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/cli/go-gh/commit/a08820a13f257… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/cli/go-gh/blob/61bf393cf4aeea6… | x_refsource_MISC |
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