CVE-2025-48384
Git allows arbitrary code execution through broken config quoting
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.1 High
- Published
- Jul 8, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Reserved
- May 19, 2025
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
gitgit |
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References
- https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-vwqx-4fm8-6qc9
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-48384government-resource
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00003.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/60
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/08/4
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