CVE-2026-48501: GitHub CLI has an incorrect authorization header in API requests to TUF repository mirrors via `gh attestation`, `gh release verify`, and `gh release verify-asset` commands
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GitHub CLI incorrectly includes an authorization header in API requests to TUF repository mirrors via gh attestation, gh release verify, and gh release verify-asset commands.
Affected users:
- Authenticated
github.comusers who previously rangh attestationcommands,gh release verify, orgh release verify-asset: thegithub.comtoken was included in requests totuf-repo.github.com, a GitHub Pages domain that is not a GitHub API endpoint. All authentication types are affected. - Users with
GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKENorGITHUB_ENTERPRISE_TOKENset who previously rangh attestationcommands,gh release verify, orgh release verify-asset: the enterprise token was included in requests to external hoststuf-repo-cdn.sigstore.devandtmaproduction.blob.core.windows.net. These hosts are not operated by GitHub.
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