GitHub CLI depends on a git.exe
executable being found in system %PATH%
on Windows. However, if a malicious .\git.exe
or .\git.bat
is found in the current working directory at the time of running gh
, the malicious command will be invoked instead of the system one.
Windows users who run gh
inside untrusted directories are affected.
Users should upgrade to GitHub CLI v1.2.1.
Other than avoiding untrusted repositories, there is no workaround.
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/38736
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