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TI-2020-17087 Aliases CVE-2020-28086GHSA-phjf-vhjh-qv5p

pass through 1.7.3 has a possibility of using a password for an unintended resource.

Priority LOW 34CWE-347Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-347.

Summary

pass through 1.7.3 has a possibility of using a password for an unintended resource. For exploitation to occur, the user must do a git pull, decrypt a password, and log into a remote service with the password. If an attacker controls the central Git server or one of the other members' machines, and also controls one of the services already in the password store, they can rename one of the password files in the Git repository to something else: pass doesn't correctly verify that the content of a file matches the filename, so a user might be tricked into decrypting the wrong password and sending that to a service that the attacker controls. NOTE: for environments in which this threat model is of concern, signing commits can be a solution.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00683 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:zx2c4:password-store:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.7.3VulnerableZx2c4
  • cpe:2.3:a:zx2c4:password-store:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.7.3 Vulnerable ·Zx2c4

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-28086
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-phjf-vhjh-qv5p
  3. 2026-10-05 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

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