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    "summary": "GitHub Git LFS Arbitrary command execution vulnerability\nGitHub Git LFS before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, located on a `url =` line in a `.lfsconfig` file within a repository.\n### Specific Go Packages Affected\ngithub.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/lfsapi",
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