GitHub CLI (gh) is GitHub’s official command line tool. Prior to 2.97.0, gh attestation verify builds the certificate Subject Alternative Name matcher from the --signer-repo and --signer-workflow flag values without escaping regex metacharacters, so a user-supplied repository or workflow name is treated as a regular expression rather than a literal string. Because GitHub permits characters such as . in organization, repository, and workflow path names and . is a regex wildcard, an attacker can register a lookalike name (for example github/artifact.attestations-workflows) that satisfies a matcher intended for a different trusted signer (github/artifact-attestations-workflows), bypassing the intended Sigstore attestation verification. Exploitation requires the attacker to create a plausible lookalike repository and produce valid attestations from it, which could undermine supply chain verification for CI/CD pipelines or policy gates that pin trust to a specific signing workflow. This issue is fixed in version 2.97.0.
CVE-2026-64655
This low-severity CVE scores 2.1 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3% (25th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 2.1
- EG Score
- 2.1LOWmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 25EG Risk 25/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity21% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 0.3%
- EPSS %ILE
- 25th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
August 6, 2026
Last Modified
September 10, 2026
References (3)
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/cli/cli/commit/55dbb4dc6b7edb10b48e3d7fc5bccd32318d1b55
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.97.0
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/cli/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-mm27-mwq9-fr5g
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-64655(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(2 across 2 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gh | 2.23.0+dfsg1-1 ... 2.46.0-4 (16 versions) |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gh | 2.46.0-3, 2.46.0-4 |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 35× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-10-04 05:48 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-04 05:48 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-10-02 17:56 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-30 23:01 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-30 23:01 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-27 17:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-27 17:28 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-23 05:15 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-23 05:15 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-20 03:11 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-20 03:11 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-17 00:57 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-17 00:57 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-13 22:44 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-13 22:44 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-11 09:37 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-10 20:39 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-08 07:40 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-08 07:40 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-05 15:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-05 03:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-05 03:29 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-01 23:10 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-01 23:10 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-29 21:05 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-29 21:05 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-26 16:34 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-26 16:34 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-23 13:40 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-20 11:37 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-17 09:33 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-14 07:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-11 05:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-09 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-08 03:22 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-08 02:52 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-06 22:22 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-06 22:16 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-06 22:15 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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