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CVE-2026-82289: Gitingest Prefix-Based Git Host Check Enables Request Forgery and Token Disclosure

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-28 · updated 2026-09-23
• Weakness: CWE-918

Description

Gitingest through 0.3.1 fails to properly validate hostnames in _validate_host, accepting any host with a git., gitlab., or github. prefix regardless of known-hosts list membership. Attackers can submit URLs with attacker-controlled hostnames to trigger outbound connections to arbitrary hosts and disclose GitHub personal access tokens via HTTP basic credentials.

Affected products

• coderamp-labs gitingest: through 0.3.1

References

• https://github.com/coderamp-labs/gitingest
• https://github.com/coderamp-labs/gitingest/blob/4e259a02fe72115bee538271622f1234a81c8e1a/src/gitingest/utils/git_utils.py
• https://github.com/coderamp-labs/gitingest/blob/4e259a02fe72115bee538271622f1234a81c8e1a/src/gitingest/utils/query_parser_utils.py
• https://github.com/coderamp-labs/gitingest/issues/592
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitingest-prefix-based-git-host-check-enables-request-forgery-and-token-disclosure
• https://github.com/coderamp-labs/gitingest/issues/592

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