Git · Git
CVE-2025-48384
Git allows arbitrary code execution through broken config quoting
What it is
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.
CISA: Git contains a link following vulnerability that stems from Git’s inconsistent handling of carriage return characters in configuration files.
What to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Deadline for US federal agencies: September 15, 2025
- Added to the CISA list
- August 25, 2025
- Published
- July 8, 2025
- Severity
- High 8.1 CVSS 3.1
- Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- 4.4% in the top 8.8% of all known vulnerabilities
- Weakness
- CWE-59 CWE-436
- More details
- NVD · CVE.org · CISA
All references (1)
Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.