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SCA: security update for github.com/cli/cli/v2 (GHSA-jwcm-9g39-pmcw)
medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416603
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- The gh cli is GitHub’s official command line tool. A security vulnerability has been identified in the
GitHub CLI that could leak authentication tokens when cloning repositories containing `git` submodules
hosted outside of GitHub.com and ghe.com. This vulnerability stems from several `gh` commands used to
clone a repository with submodules from a non-GitHub host including `gh repo clone`, `gh repo fork`, and
`gh pr checkout`. These GitHub CLI commands invoke git with instructions to retrieve authentication tokens
using the `credential.helper` configuration variable for any host encountered. Prior to version `2.63.0`,
hosts other than GitHub.com and ghe.com are treated as GitHub Enterprise Server hosts and have tokens
sourced from the following environment variables before falling back to host-specific tokens stored within
system-specific secured storage: 1. `GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN`, 2. `GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN` and 3.
`GITHUB_TOKEN` when the `CODESPACES` environment variable is set. The result being `git` sending
authentication tokens when cloning submodules. In version `2.63.0`, these GitHub CLI commands will limit
the hosts for which `gh` acts as a credential helper to source authentication tokens. Additionally,
`GITHUB_TOKEN` will only be used for GitHub.com and ghe.com. Users are advised to upgrade. Additionally
users are advised to revoke authentication tokens used with the GitHub CLI and to review their personal
security log and any relevant audit logs for actions associated with their account or enterprise
(CVE-2024-53858)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 416603
Version: Revision 1.8
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 1/23/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.5
Percentile: 57.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Medium
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-53858
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/27/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/27/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-53858
cwe: CWE-200