GitHacker · path traversal
cve-program · CVE-2026-50024
PublishedGitHacker 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.
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CVE-2026-50024 · CVE overview and exploitation status
cve-program · CVE-2026-50024
- https://github.com/WangYihang/GitHacker/security/advisories/GHSA-hr3m-4qwq-3mgc
- https://github.com/WangYihang/GitHacker/pull/65
- https://github.com/WangYihang/GitHacker/commit/16fcd81a9c3dfdf39713fde360d4e8bc3acf99e7
- https://github.com/WangYihang/GitHacker/commit/5f2a8ba4d451c6a1a465893507fbc42535a9d8c8
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