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CVE-2026-45033

· Published 13/05/2026 16:17 · Modified 13/05/2026 19:17

Labels: CVE-2026-45033 2026-05-13CVE-2026-45033CWE-696[email protected]

Essential information

Published
13/05/2026 16:17
Modified
13/05/2026 19:17
Author
Creator
CVSS
8.5 HIGH (v3) 8.5 HIGH (v4.0)
CISA KEV
No
CWE
CVSS vector

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Description

GitHub Copilot CLI brings AI-powered coding assistance directly to your command line. Prior to 1.0.43, a security vulnerability has been identified in GitHub Copilot CLI where a malicious bare git repository nested inside a project directory can achieve arbitrary code execution when the agent performs git operations. By exploiting git's automatic bare repository discovery during directory traversal, an attacker can set core.fsmonitor or other executable config keys to run arbitrary commands without user awareness or approval. The vulnerability arises because git's core.fsmonitor config key (and 15+ similar keys such as core.hookspath, diff.external, merge.tool, etc.) can specify arbitrary shell commands that git will execute as part of normal operations like status, diff, or rev-parse. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.43.

NVD status

Status
Awaiting Analysis — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
Source
[email protected]
NVD
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Affected products (CPE)

ProductCPE
github / copilot cli cpe:2.3:a:github:copilot_cli:<1.0.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References