# CVE-2026-50024: GitHacker: Path traversal in ref/hash parsing enables existence oracle and hex-fragment exfiltration via a malicious .git server

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-3835, GHSA-HR3M-4QWQ-3MGC
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.1.8
- Published: 2026-09-15 · Updated: 2026-09-16

## Affected

- WangYihang GitHacker: fixed in 1.1.8
- githacker (PyPI): fixed in 1.1.8

## Description

GitHacker is a tool that restores Git repositories from exposed .git directories. In 1.1.7 and earlier, add_head_file_tasks parses an attacker-controlled ref path from .git/HEAD and joins unvalidated path segments onto temp_dst/.git/logs/, allowing a malicious server to make GitHacker read an arbitrary local file when a victim runs the tool against the server's URL. add_hashes_parsed then scans the file for 40-character hexadecimal substrings and requests each match through .git/objects using the first two characters and remaining characters as path components, creating an attacker-observable existence oracle and disclosing matching hexadecimal fragments. Complete file contents are not returned, and the add_folder and add_task write path in shipped version 1.1.7 does not permit an escape. This issue is fixed in repository version 1.1.9.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WangYihang GitHacker, githacker, upgrade to a fixed version (1.1.8) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/WangYihang/GitHacker/security/advisories/GHSA-hr3m-4qwq-3mgc
- https://github.com/WangYihang/GitHacker/pull/65
- https://github.com/WangYihang/GitHacker/commit/16fcd81a9c3dfdf39713fde360d4e8bc3acf99e7
- https://github.com/WangYihang/GitHacker/commit/5f2a8ba4d451c6a1a465893507fbc42535a9d8c8

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