CVE-2026-13745 (GCVE-0-2026-13745)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-10 08:33
Modified
2026-09-23 09:48
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EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
A vulnerability in the Gemini CLI prior to version 0.39.1 allows attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution by tricking a victim into starting the CLI within an untrusted directory. The vulnerability is triggered via untrusted .env files overriding GEMINI_CLI_HOME to load malicious configuration files and bypass folder trust prompts.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud | Gemini CLI |
Version: 0 < 0.39.1 |
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