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CVE-2026-75913: External Control of File Name or Path in Hmbown CodeWhale

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-75913cvecve-2026-75913
Published: 08/18/2026 (08/18/2026, 15:22:01 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Hmbown
Product: CodeWhale

Description

CodeWhale (codewhale / codewhale-tui) versions >= 0.8.41 and < 0.8.64 contain an argument injection vulnerability in the git_show tool. The model-supplied rev parameter is passed unvalidated into the git show argv without an --end-of-options sentinel, so a value beginning with --output= is interpreted as a git flag. Because the tool is registered as auto-approved and advertised as read-only, an attacker (via a malicious repository combined with prompt injection) can cause an unprompted arbitrary file write at the privilege of the invoking user, targeting sensitive files such as ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, ~/.bashrc, or ~/.gitconfig. Fixed in 0.8.64 by adding rev validation.

CVSS v4.0

Score 8.5high

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Passive
Vuln. Confidentiality
None
Vuln. Integrity
High
Vuln. Availability
High
Subsq. Confidentiality
None
Subsq. Integrity
High
Subsq. Availability
High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H

Affected software

Affected versions
=0.3.27

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
VulnCheck
Date Reserved
2026-08-18T15:05:54.225Z
Cvss Version
4.0
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a847ba0c6e8be0332665559

Added to database: 08/18/2026, 15:34:56 UTC

Last updated: 08/18/2026, 15:34:56 UTC

Views: 1

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