Goose leaks shell history and environment secrets to LLM providers
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- 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 Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-497.
Summary
Goose, when its terminal integration feature is enabled, captures shell command history and sends it unredacted to configured Large Language Model provider endpoints during queries. A flaw of this kind is tracked as CWE-497 (exposure of sensitive system information to an unauthorized control sphere). No privileges are required, but user interaction is: when the user works in the application, sensitive data typed in the terminal, such as API tokens, passwords or environment variables containing secrets, is sent to external providers and logs.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
A flaw was found in Goose. When the terminal integration feature is enabled, the application captures shell command history and sends it verbatim without sanitization to configured Large Language Model (LLM) provider endpoints during queries. If a user enters sensitive data—such as API tokens, passwords, or environment variables containing secrets—in the terminal, this unredacted information is transmitted across trust boundaries. This can lead to sensitive information disclosure, exposing confidential credentials to external service providers and logs.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 is fixed in goose 1.45.0-2.el10_2 (RHSA-2026:95724). Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 is fixed in goose 1.45.0-2.el9_8 (RHSA-2026:95723).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Red Hat 2 advisories
- RHSA-2026:95724 Released 2026-11-05 · Red Hat rating Importantgoose security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extensions Channel (v. 10) goose-1.45.0-2.el10_2
- RHSA-2026:95723 Released 2026-11-05 · Red Hat rating Importantgoose security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extensions Channel (v. 9) goose-1.45.0-2.el9_8
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extensions Channel (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:95724 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extensions Channel (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:95723 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-22 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111079
- 2026-10-22 Alias added: GHSA-4537-c6fq-qchm
- 2026-10-23 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-23 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-06 Fix available: goose@0:1.45.0-2.el10_2, goose@0:1.45.0-2.el9_8 · CNA
- 2026-11-06 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extensions Channel (v. 10), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extensions Channel (v. 9) · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Fix available: RHSA-2026:95723 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Fix available: RHSA-2026:95724 · Red Hat
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Sources
- CVE-2026-111079 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-111079 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4537-c6fq-qchm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-111079 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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