diff --git a/.changeset/silent-dodos-deny.md b/.changeset/silent-dodos-deny.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7f6cc89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silent-dodos-deny.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"simple-git": minor
+---
+
+Resolves potential command injection vulnerability by preventing use of `--upload-pack` in `git.fetch`
diff --git a/simple-git/src/lib/tasks/fetch.ts b/simple-git/src/lib/tasks/fetch.ts
index d5f57e1a..556e28aa 100644
--- a/simple-git/src/lib/tasks/fetch.ts
+++ b/simple-git/src/lib/tasks/fetch.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,23 @@ import { FetchResult } from '../../../typings';
 import { parseFetchResult } from '../parsers/parse-fetch';
 import { StringTask } from '../types';
 
-export function fetchTask(remote: string, branch: string, customArgs: string[]): StringTask<FetchResult> {
+import { configurationErrorTask, EmptyTask } from './task';
+
+function disallowedCommand(command: string) {
+   return /^--upload-pack(=|$)/.test(command);
+}
+
+export function fetchTask(remote: string, branch: string, customArgs: string[]): StringTask<FetchResult> | EmptyTask {
    const commands = ['fetch', ...customArgs];
    if (remote && branch) {
       commands.push(remote, branch);
    }
 
+   const banned = commands.find(disallowedCommand);
+   if (banned) {
+      return configurationErrorTask(`git.fetch: potential exploit argument blocked.`);
+   }
+
    return {
       commands,
       format: 'utf-8',
diff --git a/simple-git/test/unit/fetch.spec.ts b/simple-git/test/unit/fetch.spec.ts
index c6583e4d..24451933 100644
--- a/simple-git/test/unit/fetch.spec.ts
+++ b/simple-git/test/unit/fetch.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { assertExecutedCommands, closeWithSuccess, like, newSimpleGit } from './__fixtures__';
-import { SimpleGit } from "../../typings";
+import { promiseError } from '@kwsites/promise-result';
+import { assertExecutedCommands, assertGitError, closeWithSuccess, like, newSimpleGit } from './__fixtures__';
+import { SimpleGit } from '../../typings';
 
-describe('push', () => {
+describe('fetch', () => {
    let git: SimpleGit;
    let callback: jest.Mock;
 
@@ -58,4 +59,30 @@ describe('push', () => {
       assertExecutedCommands('fetch', '--all', '-v');
    });
 
+
+   describe('failures', () => {
+
+      it('disallows upload-pack as remote/branch', async () => {
+         const error = await promiseError(git.fetch('origin', '--upload-pack=touch ./foo'));
+
+         assertGitError(error, 'potential exploit argument blocked');
+      });
+
+      it('disallows upload-pack as varargs', async () => {
+         const error = await promiseError(git.fetch('origin', 'main', {
+            '--upload-pack': 'touch ./foo'
+         }));
+
+         assertGitError(error, 'potential exploit argument blocked');
+      });
+
+      it('disallows upload-pack as varargs', async () => {
+         const error = await promiseError(git.fetch('origin', 'main', [
+            '--upload-pack', 'touch ./foo'
+         ]));
+
+         assertGitError(error, 'potential exploit argument blocked');
+      });
+
+   })
 });