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CVE-2025-27613

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Date: July 10, 2025

Gitk: When a user clones an untrusted repository and runs Gitk without additional command arguments, any writable file can be created and truncated. The option "Support per-file encoding" must have been enabled. The operation "Show origin of this line" is affected as well, regardless of the option being enabled or not.

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Related Resources (6)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27613
https://github.com/j6t/gitk/security/advisories/GHSA-f3cw-xrj3-wr2v
https://github.com/j6t/gitk/compare/465f03869ae11acd04abfa1b83c67879c867410c..026c397d911cde55924d7eb1311d0fd6e2e105d5
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2025/q3/13
https://github.com/j6t/gitk/compare/7dd272eca153058da2e8d5b9960bbbf0b4f0cbaa..67a128b91e25978a15f9f7e194d81b441d603652
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2025-27613

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE-22

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CWE-78

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Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version https://github.com/git/git.git - v2.50.1;https://github.com/git/git.git - v2.49.1;https://github.com/git/git.git - v2.48.2;https://github.com/git/git.git - v2.47.3;https://github.com/git/git.git - v2.46.4;https://github.com/git/git.git - v2.45.4;https://github.com/git/git.git - v2.44.4;https://github.com/git/git.git - v2.43.7

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

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