CVE-2026-28291simple-git enables running native Git commands from JavaScript.
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simple-git enables running native Git commands from JavaScript. Versions up to and including 3.31.1 allow execution of arbitrary commands through Git option manipulation, bypassing safety checks meant to block dangerous options like -u and --upload-pack. The flaw stems from an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-25860, as Git's flexible option parsing allows numerous character combinations (e.g., -vu, -4u, -nu) to circumvent the regular-expression-based blocklist in the unsafe operations plugin. Due to the virtually infinite number of valid option variants that Git accepts, a complete blocklist-based mitigation may be infeasible without fully emulating Git's option parsing behavior. This issue has been fixed in version 3.32.0.
- CVSS
- 8.1 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-78
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Jul 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
simple-git_project simple-git simple-git_project:simple-git | before 3.32.0 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/blob/789c13ebabcf18ebe0b3a0c88ebb4037dede42e3/simple-git/src/lib/plugins/block-unsafe-operations-plugin.ts#L26product
- https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/commit/1effd8e5012a5da05a9776512fac3e39b11f2d2dpatch
- https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/releases/tag/simple-git%403.32.0release-notes
- https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/security/advisories/GHSA-jcxm-m3jx-f287exploit, vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25860third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28291
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2457930
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-28291.json
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