simple-git: `VISUAL` editor environment variable is omitted from unsafe editor detection
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.
CVE-2026-102829
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-102829
git-js
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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Structured affected-version data
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[
{
"vendor": "steveukx",
"product": "git-js",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "< 2.0.1"
}
]
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-102829
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Publisher severity
critical
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- Event
- #4829 · Revision 1
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