CVE-2025-48938 is a critical vulnerability affecting go-gh versions prior to 2.12.1, a collection of Go modules for GitHub CLI extensions. An attacker-controlled GitHub Enterprise Server can exploit this by replacing legitimate HTTP URLs with local file paths, leading to arbitrary command execution on a user's machine. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and can result in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cli:go-gh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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Prevent GitHub CLI and extensions from executing arbitrary commands from compromised GitHub Enterprise Server
May 30, 2025Prevent GitHub CLI and extensions from executing arbitrary commands from compromised GitHub Enterprise Server
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