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Reflected XSS vulnerability on git-scm.com search

Low
dscho published GHSA-4g76-28mm-rc63 Feb 2, 2026

Package

git-scm.com

Affected versions

<2026-02-02T13:28:46Z

Patched versions

>=2026-02-02T13:28:46Z

Description

This report came in via the git-security mailing list:

Hello Git,

This is zeeshan waheed an ethical hacker i have found a bug in your website
i have got XSS in your search bar here you can see
Open Website: https://git-scm.com
In search baar put these Payloads 1 by 1
Here you can see i upload images Proof of Concept

Please Resolve this bug as soon as possible
Thanks

Best Regards
Zeeshan Waheed

Impact

With a serious amount of social engineering, a user could be talked into pasting a malicious payload into the live search box, which would then execute code in the git-scm.com context.

Since there are no cookies or logins on that website, the impact would be limited.

Patches

2a4aec7

Workarounds

As always, be very wary to copy/paste from untrusted sources!

Severity

Low

CVE ID

No known CVE

Weaknesses

No CWEs