wolfictl leaks GitHub tokens to remote non-GitHub git servers
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
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wolfi-dev | wolfictl | before 0.16.10 | 0.16.10 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/wolfi-dev/wolfictl (Go) | before 0.16.10 | 0.16.10 | Patch available | GHSA-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
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-35183
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8fg7-hp93-qhvr
References
Other 7
- https://github.com/wolfi-dev/wolfictl/security/advisories/GHSA-8fg7-hp93-qhvr
- https://github.com/wolfi-dev/wolfictl/commit/0d06e1578300327c212dda26a5ab31d09352b9d0
- https://github.com/wolfi-dev/wolfictl/commit/403e93569f46766b4e26e06cf9cd0cae5ee0c2a2
- https://github.com/wolfi-dev/wolfictl/blob/488b53823350caa706de3f01ec0eded9350c7da7/pkg/update/update.go#L143
- https://github.com/wolfi-dev/wolfictl/blob/4dd6c95abb4bc0f9306350a8601057bd7a92bded/pkg/update/deps/cleanup.go#L49
- https://github.com/wolfi-dev/wolfictl/blob/6d99909f7b1aa23f732d84dad054b02a61f530e6/pkg/git/git.go#L22
- https://github.com/wolfi-dev/wolfictl
Sources
- CVE-2024-35183 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-35183 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8fg7-hp93-qhvr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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