CVE-2026-75913 (GCVE-0-2026-75913)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-18 15:22 – Updated: 2026-08-18 15:56

Title

CodeWhale before 0.8.64 Argument Injection via git_show

Summary

CodeWhale (codewhale / codewhale-tui) versions >= 0.8.41 and < 0.8.64 contain an argument injection vulnerability in the git_show tool. The model-supplied rev parameter is passed unvalidated into the git show argv without an --end-of-options sentinel, so a value beginning with --output= is interpreted as a git flag. Because the tool is registered as auto-approved and advertised as read-only, an attacker (via a malicious repository combined with prompt injection) can cause an unprompted arbitrary file write at the privilege of the invoking user, targeting sensitive files such as ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, ~/.bashrc, or ~/.gitconfig. Fixed in 0.8.64 by adding rev validation.

Severity

8.5 (High)


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

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-18 15:51 UTC

CWE

CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advi…	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/commit/9a34b5…	patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/codewhale-be…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Hmbown	CodeWhale	Affected: 0.3.27 , < 0.8.41 (semver) Unaffected: 0.8.41 (semver)	guessed
Hmbown	CodeWhale	Affected: 0.8.41 , < 0.8.64 (semver) Unaffected: 0.8.64 (semver)	guessed

Date Public

2026-07-16 00:00

Credits

0xEr3n

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FKIE_CVE-2026-75913

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-18 16:18 - Updated: 2026-09-08 20:32

Severity

9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/commit/9a34b5034d29f05d1f28fa61b04719ca6a741020
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-7j5w-7r7x-9v27
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/codewhale-before-argument-injection-via-git-show

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-7J5W-7R7X-9V27

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-04 18:02 – Updated: 2026-09-04 18:02

Summary

CodeWhale: Argument Injection in `git_show` Tool Allows Arbitrary File Write Without Approval

Details

Maintainer resolution

The CodeWhale maintainers validated this report. The affected package ranges are recorded in the advisory metadata. Version 0.8.64 contains the fix in commit 9a34b5034d29f05d1f28fa61b04719ca6a741020. Users should upgrade to 0.8.64 or later. The original reporter analysis is preserved below.

Argument Injection in `git_show` Tool Allows Arbitrary File Write Without Approval

Overview

The git_show tool in DeepSeek-TUI executes git show with the model-supplied rev parameter passed unvalidated into the argv. git show honours the --output=<path> option, so a rev value beginning with --output= is interpreted as a flag rather than a revision. The tool is registered with ApprovalRequirement::Auto and declares ToolCapability::ReadOnly, so the write happens without a user prompt and contradicts the capability the catalog advertises to the model and the user.

This is the same vulnerability class as GHSA-72w5-pf8h-xfp4 (CVE-2026-45374): an auto-approved tool produces an effect outside the boundary the user consented to.

Impact

A malicious repository combined with prompt injection, the threat model already documented in CVE-2026-45311 (auto-loaded AGENTS.md is treated as instructions by the model) yields an unprompted arbitrary file write at the privilege of the user running DeepSeek-TUI.

Useful targets reachable as the invoking user:

~/.ssh/authorized_keys
~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, ~/.profile
~/.gitconfig (chainable into RCE via core.editor)
~/.config/**, ~/.aws/credentials, project source files

The written content is the git show rendering of HEAD commit hash, author/date header, indented commit message, and (when patch=true) diff hunks. The commit subject, body, author identity, and diff text are entirely attacker-controlled because the attacker owns the repository HEAD. The leading commit <hash> line prevents clean overwrite of formats that reject unknown tokens, but is silently ignorable in files parsed as comments-or-text (crontab, dotfiles consumed by tolerant readers) and is irrelevant for the destructive/DoS sub-case (clobbering ~/.ssh/authorized_keys locks the user out; clobbering a project file corrupts source).

Technical Details

Root Cause

crates/tui/src/tools/git_history.rs:

// L196-198
fn approval_requirement(&self) -> ApprovalRequirement {
    ApprovalRequirement::Auto
}

// L204-228 (excerpt)
async fn execute(&self, input: Value, context: &ToolContext) -> Result<ToolResult, ToolError> {
    let rev = required_str(&input, "rev")?;
    ...
    let mut args = vec![
        "show".to_string(),
        "--no-color".to_string(),
        "--no-ext-diff".to_string(),
    ];
    if patch { args.push(format!("--unified={unified}")); }
    else     { args.push("--no-patch".to_string()); }
    if stat  { args.push("--stat".to_string()); }
    args.push(rev.to_string());        // unvalidated, no `--end-of-options` sentinel
    ...
}

The JSON schema for rev is {"type": "string"} (L161-164) with no pattern, no enum, and no length cap. required_str performs no semantic validation. The argv has no --end-of-options separator between the trailing options and rev, so git's option parser keeps consuming flags from rev.

The same pattern in git_blame (L322-388) is tracked in a separate advisory.

Why `--output` Works

git show shares its option parser with git log / git diff, which expose --output=<file>. The implementation opens the path with O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC and writes the formatted output there. No permission check beyond the filesystem's own running as the user is sufficient to clobber anything the user owns.

Proof of Concept

The vulnerable argv assembled by the tool when invoked with {"rev": "--output=/home/victim/.bashrc"} is equivalent to:

git show --no-color --no-ext-diff --no-patch --stat --output=/home/victim/.bashrc

Reproduced against system git as a non-root user:

$ id
uid=1001(lowtest) gid=1001(lowtest) groups=1001(lowtest)

$ cd /tmp/lp && git init -q
$ echo a > a.txt && git add a.txt
$ git -c user.email=a@b -c user.name=a commit -q -m "lol"

$ git show --no-color --no-patch "--output=/home/lowtest/.bashrc_clobbered" HEAD
$ ls -la /home/lowtest/.bashrc_clobbered
-rw-rw-r-- 1 lowtest lowtest 128 May 19 07:05 /home/lowtest/.bashrc_clobbered

End-to-end exploitation path:

Attacker publishes a repository whose AGENTS.md instructs the model to call git_show with rev set to a crafted --output= string targeting a file in the victim's home directory. The same auto-load pathway documented in CVE-2026-45311 applies.
Victim opens the repository in DeepSeek-TUI and issues any prompt that exercises the agent loop.
The model issues the tool call. Because approval_requirement() returns Auto, no approval UI is shown.
git show --output=<path> overwrites the target file with attacker-controlled commit metadata and diff text.

Remediation

Two changes in crates/tui/src/tools/git_history.rs:

Insert an end-of-options sentinel before rev so git stops parsing flags:

rust args.push("--end-of-options".to_string()); args.push(rev.to_string());

Reject rev values that begin with - (or restrict to a revision-shape regex ^[A-Za-z0-9._/^~@:{}-]+$ after the leading character check):

rust if rev.starts_with('-') { return Err(ToolError::invalid_input("rev must not start with '-'")); }

A regression test mirroring run_tests_requires_user_approval (test_runner.rs:197) should assert that rev = "--output=/tmp/x" is rejected.

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

8.5 (High)


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

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The tool is registered with `ApprovalRequirement::Auto` and declares `ToolCapability::ReadOnly`, so the write happens without a user prompt and contradicts the capability the catalog advertises to the model and the user.\n\nThis is the same vulnerability class as GHSA-72w5-pf8h-xfp4 (CVE-2026-45374): an auto-approved tool produces an effect outside the boundary the user consented to.\n\n## Impact\n\nA malicious repository combined with prompt injection, the threat model already documented in CVE-2026-45311 (auto-loaded `AGENTS.md` is treated as instructions by the model) yields an unprompted arbitrary file write at the privilege of the user running DeepSeek-TUI.\n\nUseful targets reachable as the invoking user:\n\n- `~/.ssh/authorized_keys`\n- `~/.bashrc`, `~/.zshrc`, `~/.profile`\n- `~/.gitconfig` (chainable into RCE via `core.editor`)\n- `~/.config/**`, `~/.aws/credentials`, project source files\n\nThe written content is the `git show` rendering of HEAD commit hash, author/date header, indented commit message, and (when `patch=true`) diff hunks. The commit subject, body, author identity, and diff text are entirely attacker-controlled because the attacker owns the repository HEAD. The leading `commit \u003chash\u003e` line prevents clean overwrite of formats that reject unknown tokens, but is silently ignorable in files parsed as comments-or-text (crontab, dotfiles consumed by tolerant readers) and is irrelevant for the destructive/DoS sub-case (clobbering `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` locks the user out; clobbering a project file corrupts source).\n\n## Technical Details\n\n### Root Cause\n\n`crates/tui/src/tools/git_history.rs`:\n\n```rust\n// L196-198\nfn approval_requirement(\u0026self) -\u003e ApprovalRequirement {\n    ApprovalRequirement::Auto\n}\n\n// L204-228 (excerpt)\nasync fn execute(\u0026self, input: Value, context: \u0026ToolContext) -\u003e Result\u003cToolResult, ToolError\u003e {\n    let rev = required_str(\u0026input, \"rev\")?;\n    ...\n    let mut args = vec![\n        \"show\".to_string(),\n        \"--no-color\".to_string(),\n        \"--no-ext-diff\".to_string(),\n    ];\n    if patch { args.push(format!(\"--unified={unified}\")); }\n    else     { args.push(\"--no-patch\".to_string()); }\n    if stat  { args.push(\"--stat\".to_string()); }\n    args.push(rev.to_string());        // unvalidated, no `--end-of-options` sentinel\n    ...\n}\n```\n\nThe JSON schema for `rev` is `{\"type\": \"string\"}` (L161-164) with no `pattern`, no enum, and no length cap. `required_str` performs no semantic validation. 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