TI-2026-46213 Aliases CVE-2026-64652 GHSA-cg6r-mpgc-h9mm

GitHub CLI: Partial token disclosure in `gh auth status` output

LOW 15CWE-201Published 2026-08-06 · Updated 2026-08-07

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-201.

Summary

GitHub CLI (gh) is GitHub's official command line tool. Prior to version 2.97.0, gh auth status masked only the characters after the last underscore in certain fine-grained personal access tokens and GitHub App tokens. As a result, part of an affected token could appear in terminal or CI output that is captured or shared. Authenticated users are affected if they ran gh auth status (without the --show-token flag) with a token type whose format contains an underscore after the prefix. This includes fine-grained personal access tokens (github_pat_*) and GitHub App installation and user access tokens (ghs_*, ghu_*; for example, ghs_<APPID>_<JWT>), as well as the Actions GITHUB_TOKEN. Classic tokens such as gho_* and ghp_* have an underscore-free body and are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 2.97.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00155 4th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed cli (cli): 2.97.0github.com/cli/cli/v2 (Go): 2.97.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
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
cli	cli	before 2.97.0	2.97.0	Patch available	CNA
—	github.com/cli/cli/v2 (Go)	before 2.97.0	2.97.0	Patch available	GHSA-cg6r-mpgc-h9mm

cli Vendorcli Affected before 2.97.0 Fixed in 2.97.0 Patch available CNA
github.com/cli/cli/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected before 2.97.0 Fixed in 2.97.0 Patch available GHSA-cg6r-mpgc-h9mm

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:github:cli::::::::	—	—	GitHub

cpe:2.3:a:github:cli:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·GitHub

Remediation

Fix · CNA cli (cli) Fixed in 2.97.0
Fix · GHSA-cg6r-mpgc-h9mm github.com/cli/cli/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.97.0 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-64652
2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-cg6r-mpgc-h9mm
2026-10-16 Fix available: Go/github.com/cli/cli/[email protected] · GHSA-cg6r-mpgc-h9mm
2026-10-16 CVSS score added · GHSA-cg6r-mpgc-h9mm
2026-10-16 Weakness changed · GHSA-cg6r-mpgc-h9mm
2026-10-16 5 new references · GHSA-cg6r-mpgc-h9mm

References

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64652

Other 4

TI-2025-18873 `gh attestation verify` returns incorrect exit code during verification if no attestations are present CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
TI-2026-33538 gh: GitHub Actions log output in `gh run view` allows terminal escape sequence injection CVSS 3.1LOW 3.5
TI-2024-34983 Connecting to a malicious Codespaces via GH CLI could allow command execution on the user's computer CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
TI-2026-35862 GitHub CLI tokens leak via `gh attestation` commands CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2024-36052 go-gh `auth.TokenForHost` violates GitHub host security boundary within a codespace CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2024-36051 Recursive repository cloning can leak authentication tokens to non-GitHub submodule hosts in the gh cli CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

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Sources

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