CVE-2026-45033
Description
GitHub Copilot CLI brings AI-powered coding assistance directly to your command line. Prior to 1.0.43, a security vulnerability has been identified in GitHub Copilot CLI where a malicious bare git repository nested inside a project directory can achieve arbitrary code execution when the agent performs git operations. By exploiting git's automatic bare repository discovery during directory traversal, an attacker can set core.fsmonitor or other executable config keys to run arbitrary commands without user awareness or approval. The vulnerability arises because git's core.fsmonitor config key (and 15+ similar keys such as core.hookspath, diff.external, merge.tool, etc.) can specify arbitrary shell commands that git will execute as part of normal operations like status, diff, or rev-parse. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.43.
How to fix
- github copilot-cli1.0.43 or later
- @github/copilot1.0.43 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| github copilot-cli | v < 1.0.43 | 1.0.43 |
| @github/copilotnpm | v < 1.0.43 | 1.0.43 |
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