CVE-2026-72924
LowCVSS 2.1Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs
Summary
GitHub CLI (gh) versions 2.28.0 through 2.97.0 bind the local listener created by gh codespace ports forward to all available network interfaces by default. While port forwarding is active, a service in a Codespace can become reachable through the user's non-loopback local IP addresses. This issue is fixed in version 2.98.0.
Risk Assessment
A network-adjacent attacker can reach the forwarded service from the Codespace, even if the source port is private, potentially leading to unauthorized access.
Recommendation
Update GitHub CLI to version 2.98.0 or later and consider restricting the listener binding to localhost.
Other vulnerabilities in GitHub CLI
See all- CVE-2026-64655Low
GitHub CLI before 2.97.0 fails to escape regex metacharacters in --signer-repo and --signer-workflow, allowing attackers to bypass Sigstore attestation verification with lookalike names.
- CVE-2026-64654Medium
GitHub CLI (gh) is GitHub's official command line tool. Prior to version 2.97.0, multiple GitHub CLI commands printed externally controlled gist, API, pull request, release, codespace, skill, or agent-task content without neutralizing terminal escape sequences. An attacker who can influence that content can embed escape sequences that are interpreted by the terminal of a user who runs an affected command, with impact ranging from cosmetic manipulation of the title or on-screen content to, on some terminal emulators, command execution. This issue is fixed in version 2.97.0.
- CVE-2026-64653Medium
GitHub CLI (gh) is GitHub’s official command line tool. Prior to 2.97.0, some HTTP request URLs interpolate variable path components without percent encoding, allowing URL path metacharacters in attacker-controlled repository or resource values to make gh address a different API endpoint or resource than the user intended. This issue is fixed in version 2.97.0.
- CVE-2026-64652Low
GitHub CLI before 2.97.0 masks only part of certain tokens in gh auth status, potentially exposing token fragments in terminal or CI output.
- CVE-2026-59831Medium
A vulnerability in GitHub CLI (gh) from version 2.10.0 through 2.95.0 allows arbitrary command execution when connecting to a malicious Codespace using the `gh codespace jupyter` command. The command opens a JupyterLab URL supplied by a process inside the Codespace without validating that it is a loopback HTTP or HTTPS address, allowing a crafted `vscode://` or `vscode-insiders://` URL to be handed to VS Code.
- CVE-2026-48501High
GitHub CLI (gh) prior to version 2.93.0 incorrectly includes authorization headers in API requests to TUF repository mirrors. A host normalization flaw causes user tokens to be sent to external servers like tuf-repo.github.com, posing a security risk.
Original NVD description (English source)
GitHub CLI (gh) is GitHub's official command line tool. Versions 2.28.0 through 2.97.0 bind the local listener created by gh codespace ports forward to all available network interfaces by default. While port forwarding is active, a service in a Codespace can therefore become reachable through the user's non-loopback local IP addresses by other hosts that can route to the user's machine. This behavior does not change the GitHub-side visibility of the Codespaces port. Instead, it exposes the forwarded service through a wildcard-bound listener on the user's local machine, even when the source Codespaces port remains private. Exploitation requires a network-adjacent attacker to reach the victim's machine while forwarding is active. This issue is fixed in version 2.98.0.