CVE-2025-48938

go-gh is a collection of Go modules to make authoring GitHub CLI extensions easier. A security vulnerability has been identified in versions prior to 2.12.1 where an attacker-controlled GitHub Enterprise Server could result in executing arbitrary commands on a user's machine by replacing HTTP URLs provided by GitHub with local file paths for browsing. In `2.12.1`, `Browser.Browse()` has been enhanced to allow and disallow a variety of scenarios to avoid opening or executing files on the filesystem without unduly impacting HTTP URLs. No known workarounds are available other than upgrading.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/cli/go-gh/blob/61bf393cf4aeea6d00a6251390f5f67f5b67e727/pkg/browser/browser.go	Product
https://github.com/cli/go-gh/commit/a08820a13f257d6c5b4cb86d37db559ec6d14577	Patch
https://github.com/cli/go-gh/security/advisories/GHSA-g9f5-x53j-h563	Mitigation Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:cli:go-gh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-05-30 19:15

Updated : 2025-10-15 18:10

NVD link : CVE-2025-48938

Mitre link : CVE-2025-48938

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-48938

JSON object : View

Products Affected

cli

go-gh

CWE

CWE-501

Trust Boundary Violation

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