Works in a RHEL 9 container:

[root@4dd4d69ad2b9 /]# gh --version
gh version 2.76.1 (2025-07-29)
https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.76.1

Works fine on a CentOS 9 container:

Installed:
  cracklib-2.9.6-27.el9.x86_64                   cracklib-dicts-2.9.6-27.el9.x86_64
  gh-2.76.1-1.el9.x86_64                         gh-debuginfo-2.76.1-1.el9.x86_64
  gh-debugsource-2.76.1-1.el9.x86_64             git-core-2.47.3-1.el9.x86_64
  less-590-6.el9.x86_64                          libcbor-0.7.0-5.el9.x86_64
  libdb-5.3.28-57.el9.x86_64                     libeconf-0.4.1-4.el9.x86_64
  libedit-3.1-38.20210216cvs.el9.x86_64          libfdisk-2.37.4-21.el9.x86_64
  libfido2-1.13.0-2.el9.x86_64                   libpwquality-1.4.4-8.el9.x86_64
  libutempter-1.2.1-6.el9.x86_64                 openssh-8.7p1-46.el9.x86_64
  openssh-clients-8.7p1-46.el9.x86_64            openssl-1:3.5.0-4.el9.x86_64
  pam-1.5.1-26.el9.x86_64                        util-linux-2.37.4-21.el9.x86_64
  util-linux-core-2.37.4-21.el9.x86_64

Complete!
bash-5.1# gh --version
gh version 2.76.1 (2025-07-29)
https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.76.1

Fully functional in CentOS 9 container:

bash-5.1# cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS Stream release 9 bash-5.1# gh --version gh version 2.76.1 (2025-07-29) https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.76.1

bash-5.1# gh auth login ? Where do you use GitHub? GitHub.com ? What is your preferred protocol for Git operations on this host? HTTPS ? Authenticate Git with your GitHub credentials? Yes ? How would you like to authenticate GitHub CLI? Login with a web browser

! First copy your one-time code: AE4D-* Press Enter to open https://github.com/login/device in your browser... ! Failed opening a web browser at https://github.com/login/device exec: "xdg-open,x-www-browser,www-browser,wslview": executable file not found in $PATH Please try entering the URL in your browser manually ✓ Authentication complete. - gh config set -h github.com git_protocol https ✓ Configured git protocol ! Authentication credentials saved in plain text ✓ Logged in as wh bash-5.1# gh repo list

Showing 30 of 58 repositories in @wh***

NAME DESCRIPTION INFO UPDATED
wh/actions-runner-controller Kubernetes controller for GitHub Actions self-hosted runners public, fork about 4 hours ago wh/servers Model Context Protocol Servers

bash-5.1# gh repo clone wh**/servers Cloning into 'servers'... remote: Enumerating objects: 9715, done. remote: Total 9715 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 9715 (from 1) Receiving objects: 100% (9715/9715), 3.56 MiB | 16.74 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (6494/6494), done. remote: Enumerating objects: 1477, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (882/882), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (134/134), done. remote: Total 1477 (delta 860), reused 748 (delta 748), pack-reused 595 (from 4) Receiving objects: 100% (1477/1477), 21.26 MiB | 20.17 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (964/964), completed with 135 local objects. From https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers * [new branch] main -> upstream/main * [new tag] 0.1.0 -> 0.1.0 * [new tag] 0.2.0 -> 0.2.0 * [new tag] 0.3.0 -> 0.3.0 * [new tag] 0.3.1 -> 0.3.1 * [new tag] 0.4.0 -> 0.4.0 * [new tag] 0.4.1 -> 0.4.1 * [new tag] 0.5.0 -> 0.5.0 * [new tag] 0.5.1 -> 0.5.1 * [new tag] python-servers-0.6.1 -> python-servers-0.6.1 * [new tag] python-servers-0.6.2 -> python-servers-0.6.2 * [new tag] typescript-servers-0.6.0 -> typescript-servers-0.6.0 * [new tag] typescript-servers-0.6.1 -> typescript-servers-0.6.1 * [new tag] typescript-servers-0.6.2 -> typescript-servers-0.6.2 ! Repository modelcontextprotocol/servers set as the default repository. To learn more about the default repository, run: gh repo set-default --help