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Argument injection in Git tooling

User-controlled input reaching Git subcommands without an end-of-options delimiter, turning values such as branch names into flags like --exec.

Current stories

buildOne report1 publisher

CVE-2026-40281 lets a newline in a Gotenberg metadata value move files as root

Gotenberg's 8.30.1 patch validated metadata keys but not values, so CVE-2026-40281 lets unauthenticated callers move files as root. The dev.to write-up of the bug does not name a fixed release, so operators have no confirmed version to move to.

Publishers:dev.to

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap
Insufficient
Incentives
Insufficient
Confidence62
securityConfirmed3 publishers

JFrog says a stock Parallels Desktop install hands any local user a root shell

JFrog found that an unprivileged account on a Mac running Parallels Desktop 26.4.0 can reach the root dispatcher over a world-writable socket and run code as uid 0 through argument injection in the appliance installer.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 34%
Operator
Operator 48%
Investor
Investor 18%

Reality

Evidence80
Adoption42
Hype gap+10
Incentives55
Confidence76