Git patches six flaws, including code execution on recursive clones
Fixes ship in Git 2.56.1 and six older series; GitHub Enterprise Server should move to listed builds.
Fixes ship in Git 2.56.1 and six older series; GitHub Enterprise Server should move to listed builds.
The worst issue, CVE-2026-111760, scores CVSS 8.0 and needs recursive submodule cloning to swap a .git file for a symlink.
Fixes are Git 2.56.1 and backports for the 2.50–2.55 series; the same releases patch five other flaws.
Fixes are in Git 2.56.1 and six maintenance releases; GitHub has patched its hosted services and listed GHES updates.
GitHub says customer-owned repositories were not accessed, but some stolen internal repos held customer support excerpts.
GitHub Enterprise Server releases addressed vulnerabilities in versions prior to 3.19.14, 3.20.10, 3.21.8 and 3.22.3.
Wiz tracked more than 13,500 malicious branches on over 850 accounts since September 15, including private enterprise repositories.
Wiz recovered over 13,500 planted branches from 850-plus accounts; GitHub’s public-repo hold does not cover private repos.
Workflows on more than 13,500 branches logged secrets; public runs were held, while private and Enterprise Server runs completed.
Wiz found over 13,500 planted branches from more than 850 accounts; GitHub held public runs but not private ones.
Wiz found more than 13,500 planted branches on over 850 accounts; public runs are held, but private and enterprise repos still execute.
GitHub is previewing a ModernBERT classifier that blocks hidden passwords during pushes, beyond pattern-based scanning.
GitHub is adding a ModernBERT classifier to push protection to block unstructured passwords before they enter repositories.
Canada's Cyber Centre urges admins to patch vulnerable GitHub Enterprise Server 3.18 through 3.22 releases.
Canadian Cyber Centre urges patches for vulnerabilities in GitHub Enterprise Server 3.17 through 3.22.
Hacktron's "HEIF Heist" research shows memory-unsafe HEIF/AVIF parsers enable RCE and data leaks in Slack, Meta, GitHub Enterprise, and OpenAI.
Entities are extracted by the model from each article. First seen , last mentioned . Watching keeps it in this browser only (no account); the watchlist page and dashboard alerts use it.
Today 1.6K readers · 2.4K views · 775 reads · all time 189K views