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CVE-2026-64652: GitHub CLI: Partial token disclosure in `gh auth status` output

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-06 · updated 2026-09-10
• Weakness: CWE-201

Description

GitHub CLI (gh) is GitHub's official command line tool. Prior to version 2.97.0, gh auth status masked only the characters after the last underscore in certain fine-grained personal access tokens and GitHub App tokens. As a result, part of an affected token could appear in terminal or CI output that is captured or shared. Authenticated users are affected if they ran gh auth status (without the --show-token flag) with a token type whose format contains an underscore after the prefix. This includes fine-grained personal access tokens (github_pat_*) and GitHub App installation and user access tokens (ghs_*, ghu_*; for example, ghs_<APPID>_<JWT>), as well as the Actions GITHUB_TOKEN. Classic tokens such as gho_* and ghp_* have an underscore-free body and are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 2.97.0.

Affected products

• cli: before 2.97.0

References

• https://github.com/cli/cli/commit/3f6a16a9f8c7fe9676aa8d8f47b399310dd231c3
• https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.97.0
• https://github.com/cli/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-cg6r-mpgc-h9mm

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