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