Bug 2543513 (CVE-2026-102829) - CVE-2026-102829 simple-git: simple-git: `VISUAL` editor environment variable is omitted from unsafe editor detection
Summary: CVE-2026-102829 simple-git: simple-git: `VISUAL` editor environment variable ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-102829
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-29 19:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-21 10:23 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-29 19:01:55 UTC
simple-git, an interface for running git commands in any node.js application, enables applications to execute Git operations from JavaScript. Prior to 2.0.1 of the argv-parser package, parseEnv omits VISUAL from GitEnvKeys, so prepareEnv drops the value before vulnerabilityCheck can classify it as allowUnsafeEditor. A consuming application that forwards attacker-influenced environment values can therefore allow Git to invoke an attacker-selected editor during operations such as commit amendment or interactive rebase when no higher-priority editor setting overrides VISUAL and Git's terminal prerequisites are met. The executable runs with the privileges of the Node.js process. This issue is fixed in argv-parser 2.0.1.


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