CVE-2026-106058

high

GitAhead through 2.7.1 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in src/git/Filter.cpp that allows malicious repositories to execute commands by substitut…

GitAhead through 2.7.1 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in src/git/Filter.cpp that allows malicious repositories to execute commands by substituting crafted filenames into clean/smudge filter commands. Attackers can ship files named with $(command) selected via .gitattributes so checkout or staging runs the command through bash -c as the victim.

CVSS

7.5

7.5 (CVSS v3.1)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-10-07 12:17

Modified: 2026-10-07 21:17

NVD status: Awaiting Analysis

Last synced 2 days ago

Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:58 UTC

Exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)

Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

https://github.com/gitahead/gitahead disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/gitahead/gitahead/blob/v2.7.1/src/git/Filter.cpp#L43-L70 disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/gitahead/gitahead/issues/661 disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitahead-through-2.7.1-os-command-injection-via-git-f... disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/gitahead/gitahead/issues/661 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:58 UTC · record ↗

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