CVE-2026-105295 (GCVE-0-2026-105295)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-05 00:44
Modified
2026-10-05 13:21
Severity ?
7.7 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-494 - Download of Code Without Integrity Check
Summary
GitAhead 2.5.0 through 2.7.1 contains an insecure update mechanism that installs downloaded updates without integrity or signature verification and permanently ignores TLS errors after one SSL error dialog. Network attackers presenting an invalid certificate once can intercept later automatic update checks, offer a fake version, and execute code as the user upon installation.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gitahead GitAhead Version: 2.5.0   ≤ 2.7.1
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