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.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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. (CVE-2025-48938)

The version of gh installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-48938 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2025-48938)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2025-48938)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-164ac0d01f advisory.

    Update to 2.74.0 - Fixes CVE-2025-48938

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-82ac5e4065 advisory.

    Update to 2.74.0 - Fixes CVE-2025-48938

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
437029	SCA: security update for github.com/cli/go-gh/v2 (GHSA-g9f5-x53j-h563)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
437029	SCA: security update for github.com/cli/go-gh/v2 (GHSA-g9f5-x53j-h563)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium
295162	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: gh (CVE-2025-48938)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	medium
257420	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-48938	Nessus	Misc.	medium
238419	Fedora 41 : gh (2025-164ac0d01f)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
238374	Fedora 42 : gh (2025-82ac5e4065)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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