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TI-2024-23257 Aliases CVE-2024-35183GHSA-8fg7-hp93-qhvr

wolfictl leaks GitHub tokens to remote non-GitHub git servers

Priority MEDIUM 54CWE-552Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-552.

Summary

wolfictl is a command line tool for working with Wolfi. A git authentication issue in versions prior to 0.16.10 allows a local user’s GitHub token to be sent to remote servers other than `github.com`. Most git-dependent functionality in wolfictl relies on its own `git` package, which contains centralized logic for implementing interactions with git repositories. Some of this functionality requires authentication in order to access private repositories. A central function `GetGitAuth` looks for a GitHub token in the environment variable `GITHUB_TOKEN` and returns it as an HTTP basic auth object to be used with the `github.com/go-git/go-git/v5` library. Most callers (direct or indirect) of `GetGitAuth` use the token to authenticate to github.com only; however, in some cases callers were passing this authentication without checking that the remote git repository was hosted on github.com. This behavior has existed in one form or another since commit 0d06e1578300327c212dda26a5ab31d09352b9d0 - committed January 25, 2023. This impacts anyone who ran the `wolfictl check update` commands with a Melange configuration that included a `git-checkout` directive step that referenced a git repository not hosted on github.com. This also impacts anyone who ran `wolfictl update <url>` with a remote URL outside of github.com. Additionally, these subcommands must have run with the `GITHUB_TOKEN` environment variable set to a valid GitHub token. Users should upgrade to version 0.16.10 to receive a patch.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00237 14th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed wolfictl (wolfi-dev): 0.16.10github.com/wolfi-dev/wolfictl (Go): 0.16.10

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
wolfi-devwolfictlbefore 0.16.100.16.10Patch availableCNA
—github.com/wolfi-dev/wolfictl (Go)before 0.16.100.16.10Patch availableGHSA-8fg7-hp93-qhvr
  • wolfictl Vendorwolfi-dev Affected before 0.16.10 Fixed in 0.16.10 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/wolfi-dev/wolfictl (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.16.10 Fixed in 0.16.10 Patch available GHSA-8fg7-hp93-qhvr

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:wolfi-dev:wolfictl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*———
  • cpe:2.3:a:wolfi-dev:wolfictl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·—

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA wolfictl (wolfi-dev) Fixed in 0.16.10
  • Fix · GHSA-8fg7-hp93-qhvr github.com/wolfi-dev/wolfictl (Go) Fixed in 0.16.10 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-35183
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8fg7-hp93-qhvr

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