CVE-2026-64653: cli Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-64653 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) Path Traversal vulnerability in cli. EPSS estimates a 0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 06-08-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

GitHub CLI (gh) is GitHub’s official command line tool. Prior to 2.97.0, some HTTP request URLs interpolate variable path components without percent encoding, allowing URL path metacharacters in attacker-controlled repository or resource values to make gh address a different API endpoint or resource than the user intended. This issue is fixed in version 2.97.0.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.