{"id":"CVE-2025-48384","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-48384","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:19:01.590Z","title":"Git Link Following Vulnerability","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.","published":"2025-07-08T19:15:43.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-24T13:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-59","CWE-436"],"affected":["git-scm/git","debian/debian linux","apple/xcode"],"epss":{"score":0.04379,"percentile":0.91219,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2025-08-25","dueDate":"2025-09-15","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.\nThis 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"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 September 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-vwqx-4fm8-6qc9","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/60","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/08/4","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00003.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-48384","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48384","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}