CVE catalog

CVE-2024-53859

go-gh vulnerability

[CVE catalog]

Severity
High · CVSS 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.53% · Oct 25, 2026

go-gh is a Go module for interacting with the `gh` utility and the GitHub API from the command line. A security vulnerability has been identified in `go-gh` that could leak authentication tokens intended for GitHub hosts to non-GitHub hosts when within a codespace. `go-gh` sources authentication tokens from different environment variables depending on the host involved: 1. `GITHUB_TOKEN`, `GH_TOKEN` for GitHub.com and ghe.com and 2. `GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN`, `GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN` for GitHub Enterprise Server. Prior to version `2.11.1`, `auth.TokenForHost` could source a token from the `GITHUB_TOKEN` environment variable for a host other than GitHub.com or ghe.com when within a codespace. In version `2.11.1`, `auth.TokenForHost` will only source a token from the `GITHUB_TOKEN` environment variable for GitHub.com or ghe.com hosts. Successful exploitation could send authentication token to an unintended host. This issue has been addressed in version 2.11.1 and all users are advised to upgrade. Users are also advised to regenerate authentication tokens and to review their personal security log and any relevant audit logs for actions associated with their account or enterprise.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Ubuntugolang-github-cli-go-gh-v2noble2.6.0-1ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1fixed
Ubuntugolang-github-cli-go-gh-v2-devnoble2.6.0-1ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1fixed
Debiangolang-github-cli-go-gh-v2132.6.0-2vulnerable
Debiangolang-github-cli-go-gh-v2142.6.0-2vulnerable
Ubuntugolang-github-cli-go-gh-v2pro2.0.0-2vulnerable
Ubuntugolang-github-cli-go-gh-v2pro2.3.0-1vulnerable
Ubuntugolang-github-cli-go-gh-v2pro2.4.0+git20231120.d32c104-1vulnerable
Ubuntugolang-github-cli-go-gh-v2pro2.5.0-1vulnerable
Ubuntugolang-github-cli-go-gh-v2pro2.6.0-1vulnerable
Ubuntugolang-github-cli-go-gh-v2pro2.6.0-1ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Ubuntugolang-github-cli-go-gh-v2debnoble2.6.0-1ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1Not reportedNot reportedNot reported
Ubuntugolang-github-cli-go-gh-v2-devdebnoble2.6.0-1ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1Not reportedNot reportedNot reported
Ubuntugolang-github-cli-go-gh-v2debpro2.6.0-1ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1Not reportedUSN-7362-1Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

Observed:

References