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Critical · 9.2 CVE-2026-102829 EUVD-2026-89336GHSA-v5rq-49vh-5v5c

simple-git: `VISUAL` editor environment variable is omitted from unsafe editor detection

Published Sep 29, 2026 · Updated Sep 30, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

simple-git, an interface for running git commands in any node.js application, enables applications to execute Git operations from JavaScript. Prior to 2.0.1 of the argv-parser package, parseEnv omits VISUAL from GitEnvKeys, so prepareEnv drops the value before vulnerabilityCheck can classify it as allowUnsafeEditor. A consuming application that forwards attacker-influenced environment values can therefore allow Git to invoke an attacker-selected editor during operations such as commit amendment or interactive rebase when no higher-priority editor setting overrides VISUAL and Git's terminal prerequisites are met. The executable runs with the privileges of the Node.js process. This issue is fixed in argv-parser 2.0.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
steveukx git-js < 2.0.1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling keycloak-26.6 +1 26.6.9-r0 —
Wolfi rolling renovate 44.164.1-r0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm @simple-git/argv-parser < 2.0.1 2.0.1 GHSA-v5rq-49vh-5v5c

References