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High · 8.5 Public exploit CVE-2026-45033 EUVD-2026-30055GHSA-9ccr-r5hg-74gf

GitHub Copilot CLI: Nested Bare Repository Can Execute Arbitrary Commands via core.fsmonitor

Published May 13, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

GitHub Copilot CLI brings AI-powered coding assistance directly to your command line. Prior to 1.0.43, a security vulnerability has been identified in GitHub Copilot CLI where a malicious bare git repository nested inside a project directory can achieve arbitrary code execution when the agent performs git operations. By exploiting git's automatic bare repository discovery during directory traversal, an attacker can set core.fsmonitor or other executable config keys to run arbitrary commands without user awareness or approval. The vulnerability arises because git's core.fsmonitor config key (and 15+ similar keys such as core.hookspath, diff.external, merge.tool, etc.) can specify arbitrary shell commands that git will execute as part of normal operations like status, diff, or rev-parse. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.43.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
github copilot-cli < 1.0.43 —

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 rstudio 2026.05.0_p218-r2 —

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

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Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm @github/copilot < 1.0.43 1.0.43 GHSA-9ccr-r5hg-74gf

Advisories 1

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