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SCA: security update for githacker (GHSA-hr3m-4qwq-3mgc)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 447858

Description

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

 - GitHacker is a tool that restores Git repositories from exposed .git directories. In 1.1.7 and earlier,
 add_head_file_tasks parses an attacker-controlled ref path from .git/HEAD and joins unvalidated path
 segments onto temp_dst/.git/logs/, allowing a malicious server to make GitHacker read an arbitrary local
 file when a victim runs the tool against the server's URL. add_hashes_parsed then scans the file for
 40-character hexadecimal substrings and requests each match through .git/objects using the first two
 characters and remaining characters as path components, creating an attacker-observable existence oracle
 and disclosing matching hexadecimal fragments. Complete file contents are not returned, and the add_folder
 and add_task write path in shipped version 1.1.7 does not permit an escape. This issue is fixed in
 repository version 1.1.9. (CVE-2026-50024)

Solution

Update the githacker library and its related packages to version 1.1.8 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hr3m-4qwq-3mgc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 447858

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 9/9/2026

Updated: 9/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-50024

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-50024