
CVE catalog
CVE-2026-64655
GitHub CLI (gh) is GitHub’s official command line tool. Prior to 2.97.0, gh attestation verify builds the certificate Subject Alternative Name matcher from the --signer-repo and --signer-workflow fl
- Severity
- Low · CVSS 2.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/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 - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.34% · Oct 25, 2026
GitHub CLI (gh) is GitHub’s official command line tool. Prior to 2.97.0, gh attestation verify builds the certificate Subject Alternative Name matcher from the --signer-repo and --signer-workflow flag values without escaping regex metacharacters, so a user-supplied repository or workflow name is treated as a regular expression rather than a literal string. Because GitHub permits characters such as `.` in organization, repository, and workflow path names and `.` is a regex wildcard, an attacker can register a lookalike name (for example github/artifact.attestations-workflows) that satisfies a matcher intended for a different trusted signer (github/artifact-attestations-workflows), bypassing the intended Sigstore attestation verification. Exploitation requires the attacker to create a plausible lookalike repository and produce valid attestations from it, which could undermine supply chain verification for CI/CD pipelines or policy gates that pin trust to a specific signing workflow. This issue is fixed in version 2.97.0.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gh | sid | 2.46.0-4 | vulnerable |
| Debian | gh | trixie | 2.46.0-3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | gh | bookworm | 2.23.0+dfsg1-1 | vulnerable |
| Go | github.com/cli/cli/v2 | Not reported | 2.97.0 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gh | source | sid | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1144403] |
| Debian | gh | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1144403] |
| Debian | gh | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1144403] |
| Go | github.com/cli/cli/v2 | Go | Not reported | 2.97.0 | Not reported | GHSA-MM27-MWQ9-FR5G | Not reported |
Notes
[trixie] gh: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [gh]Affected
Details (2)
2.23.0+dfsg1-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · gh · debian · bookworm; nvd · gh · debian · 12
2.23.0+dfsg1-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · gh · debian · bookworm; nvd · gh · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [gh]Affected
Details (2)
2.46.0-3· amd64 · trixieAffected
nvd · gh · debian · 13
2.46.0-3· arm64 · trixieAffected
nvd · gh · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2026_11530-1.json]
- [https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mm27-mwq9-fr5g]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64655]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-64655]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-mm27-mwq9-fr5g]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-64655]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [GitHub Advisory Database] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]