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CVE-2026-72718
Published:August 10, 2026
Updated:August 31, 2026
goose is general-purpose AI agent that runs on your machine. Prior to 1.44.0, the "goose review" command runs the system "git" executable to gather the diff for review without stripping attacker-controlled Git configuration. A malicious repository whose ".git/config" sets ["core] fsmonitor = <command>" causes Git to execute that command on the host during the index refresh performed by "git diff HEAD". The command runs before goose contacts a model and without a submitted prompt, model call, tool approval, or trust prompt. The context-gathering Git process is not sandboxed and is outside goose's tool-permission model. Arbitrary commands run with the privileges and environment of the user running goose, allowing file access or modification and exfiltration of environment secrets and provider API keys. The vulnerable Git invocations are built by git_command() in crates/goose-cli/src/commands/review/handler.rs and are used by touched_files() and collect_diff() for "git diff --name-only HEAD" and "git diff HEAD". This issue is fixed in version 1.44.0.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v00.3 <v1.44.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.44.0
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
7
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
ACTIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.13