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CVE-2026-56236

Capgo CLI before 12.128.2 contains arbitrary file overwrite vulnerabilities in login and build credentials operations that follow symlinks without validation. Attackers can create malicious symlinks in repositories to overwrite arbitrary files or expose credentials with world-readable permissions when developers run the CLI.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:ff21401d26f12eea90f8170fbc81175f7aac176533e411a105d41816ec6f173f
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 2 assertions

{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":6.8,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"ACTIVE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact"…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fc15bfb49bc1762e604740ea1b5b8de40d379ab9234fcfbfe66a53868b331400 · sha256:5fe6d569cca872d3… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":6.1,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fc15bfb49bc1762e604740ea1b5b8de40d379ab9234fcfbfe66a53868b331400 · sha256:5fe6d569cca872d3… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageURL":"pkg:npm/capgo/cli","product":"cli","vendor":"capgo","versions":[{"lessThan":"12.128.2","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"12.128.2","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fc15bfb49bc1762e604740ea1b5b8de40d379ab9234fcfbfe66a53868b331400 · sha256:5fe6d569cca872d3… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":6.8,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"ACTIVE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact"…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fc15bfb49bc1762e604740ea1b5b8de40d379ab9234fcfbfe66a53868b331400 · sha256:5fe6d569cca872d3… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":6.1,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fc15bfb49bc1762e604740ea1b5b8de40d379ab9234fcfbfe66a53868b331400 · sha256:5fe6d569cca872d3… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-59","description":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fc15bfb49bc1762e604740ea1b5b8de40d379ab9234fcfbfe66a53868b331400 · sha256:5fe6d569cca872d3… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

2 source assertions
{"name":"GHSA Advisory GHSA-8mpm-q7mh-8fvh","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/Cap-go/capgo/security/advisories/GHSA-8mpm-q7mh-8fvh"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fc15bfb49bc1762e604740ea1b5b8de40d379ab9234fcfbfe66a53868b331400 · sha256:5fe6d569cca872d3… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"VulnCheck Advisory: Capgo CLI - Arbitrary File Overwrite via Symlink-Following in Local Credential Operations","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/capgo-cli-arbitrary-file-overwrite-via-symlink-following-in-local-credential-operations"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fc15bfb49bc1762e604740ea1b5b8de40d379ab9234fcfbfe66a53868b331400 · sha256:5fe6d569cca872d3… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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