CVE-2026-64652
LowCVSS 3.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs
Summary
GitHub CLI before 2.97.0 masks only part of certain tokens in gh auth status, potentially exposing token fragments in terminal or CI output.
Risk Assessment
Risk of sensitive token leakage into logs that may be shared, leading to unauthorized access.
Recommendation
Upgrade GitHub CLI to 2.97.0 and avoid sharing logs containing tokens.
Original NVD description (English source)
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.