CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-48384

8.0 HIGH Known exploited Published 2025-07-08 Modified 2026-09-24 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Git Link Following Vulnerability — Git Git

Git contains a link following vulnerability that stems from Git’s inconsistent handling of carriage return characters in configuration files.

Added to KEV
2025-08-25
Remediation due
2025-09-15
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-vwqx-4fm8-6qc9 ; https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13933 ; https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS2-2025-2941.html ; https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-11534.html ; https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48384 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48384
Status
Analyzed
Published
2025-07-08
Last modified
2026-09-24
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-436, CWE-59

Description

Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals. When reading a config value, Git strips any trailing carriage return and line feed (CRLF). When writing a config entry, values with a trailing CR are not quoted, causing the CR to be lost when the config is later read. When initializing a submodule, if the submodule path contains a trailing CR, the altered path is read resulting in the submodule being checked out to an incorrect location. If a symlink exists that points the altered path to the submodule hooks directory, and the submodule contains an executable post-checkout hook, the script may be unintentionally executed after checkout. This vulnerability is fixed in v2.43.7, v2.44.4, v2.45.4, v2.46.4, v2.47.3, v2.48.2, v2.49.1, and v2.50.1.

Affected configurations

• git-scm git (< 2.43.7) • git-scm git (>= 2.44.0 < 2.44.4) • git-scm git (>= 2.45.0 < 2.45.4) • git-scm git (>= 2.46.0 < 2.46.4) • git-scm git (>= 2.47.0 < 2.47.3) • git-scm git (>= 2.48.0 < 2.48.2) • git-scm git (>= 2.49.0 < 2.49.1) • git-scm git (>= 2.50.0 < 2.50.1) • debian debian linux 11.0 • apple xcode (< 26.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-436 Interpretation Conflict weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References