CVE-2026-63728
Gitleaks Secret Exfiltration via Non-Hermetic Sprig Template Functions in Report Template Feature
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.1 High
- Published
- Jul 20, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 24, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 17, 2026
Description
Gitleaks prior to 8.30.1 contains a template injection vulnerability that allows attackers who can supply or influence report templates to read arbitrary environment variables and exfiltrate sensitive data by leveraging non-hermetic Sprig template functions. Attackers can craft malicious report templates using the env, expandenv, and getHostByName functions to extract credentials, tokens, and API keys from the host process and exfiltrate them through DNS queries, including secrets discovered during the scan itself.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.1 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 6.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-1336 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
gitleaksgitleaks |
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References
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