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.
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| 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. | |
| Title | Gitingest Prefix-Based Git Host Check Enables Request Forgery and Token Disclosure | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-918 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
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Updated: 2026-08-28T20:21:01.003Z
Reserved: 2026-08-28T11:12:53.742Z
Link: CVE-2026-82289
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-28T20:20:20.537
Modified: 2026-08-28T20:20:20.537
Link: CVE-2026-82289
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