Git LFS is a Git extension for versioning large files. In Git LFS versions 0.5.2 through 3.7.0, when populating a Git repository's working tree with the contents of Git LFS objects, certain Git LFS commands may write to files visible outside the current Git working tree if symbolic or hard links exist which collide with the paths of files tracked by Git LFS. The git lfs checkout and git lfs pull commands do not check for symbolic links before writing to files in the working tree, allowing an attacker to craft a repository containing symbolic or hard links that cause Git LFS to write to arbitrary file system locations accessible to the user running these commands. As well, when the git lfs checkout and git lfs pull commands are run in a bare repository, they could write to files visible outside the repository. The vulnerability is fixed in version 3.7.1. As a workaround, support for symlinks in Git may be disabled by setting the core.symlinks configuration option to false, after which further clones and fetches will not create symbolic links. However, any symbolic or hard links in existing repositories will still provide the opportunity for Git LFS to write to their targets.

An update of the git package has been released.

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1258 advisory.

    Git LFS is a Git extension for versioning large files. In Git LFS versions 0.5.2 through 3.7.0, when     populating a Git repository's working tree with the contents of Git LFS objects, certain Git LFS commands     may write to files visible outside the current Git working tree if symbolic or hard links exist which     collide with the paths of files tracked by Git LFS. The git lfs checkout and git lfs pull commands do not     check for symbolic links before writing to files in the working tree, allowing an attacker to craft a     repository containing symbolic or hard links that cause Git LFS to write to arbitrary file system     locations accessible to the user running these commands. As well, when the git lfs checkout and git lfs     pull commands are run in a bare repository, they could write to files visible outside the repository. The     vulnerability is fixed in version 3.7.1. As a workaround, support for symlinks in Git may be disabled by     setting the core.symlinks configuration option to false, after which further clones and fetches will not     create symbolic links. However, any symbolic or hard links in existing repositories will still provide the     opportunity for Git LFS to write to their targets. (CVE-2025-26625)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-f8d1e1df04 advisory.

    Update to latest version (#2404637)     Fix CVE-2025-47910, CVE-2025-47906, CVE-2025-26625

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-5872b9ec46 advisory.

    Update to latest version (#2404637)     Fix CVE-2025-22870, CVE-2025-47910, CVE-2025-47906, CVE-2025-26625

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-7dfe24dbaa advisory.

    Update to latest version (#2404637)     Fix CVE-2025-26625

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Git LFS is a Git extension for versioning large files. In Git LFS versions 0.5.2 through 3.7.0, when     populating a Git repository's working tree with the contents of Git LFS objects, certain Git LFS commands     may write to files visible outside the current Git working tree if symbolic or hard links exist which     collide with the paths of files tracked by Git LFS. The git lfs checkout and git lfs pull commands do not     check for symbolic links before writing to files in the working tree, allowing an attacker to craft a     repository containing symbolic or hard links that cause Git LFS to write to arbitrary file system     locations accessible to the user running these commands. As well, when the git lfs checkout and git lfs     pull commands are run in a bare repository, they could write to files visible outside the repository. The     vulnerability is fixed in version 3.7.1. As a workaround, support for symlinks in Git may be disabled by     setting the core.symlinks configuration option to false, after which further clones and fetches will not     create symbolic links. However, any symbolic or hard links in existing repositories will still provide the     opportunity for Git LFS to write to their targets. (CVE-2025-26625)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
275310	Photon OS 5.0: Git PHSA-2025-5.0-0672	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
274682	Amazon Linux 2023 : git-lfs (ALAS2023-2025-1258)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
271940	Fedora 42 : git-lfs (2025-f8d1e1df04)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
271939	Fedora 41 : git-lfs (2025-5872b9ec46)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
271937	Fedora 43 : git-lfs (2025-7dfe24dbaa)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
271684	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-26625	Nessus	Misc.	high

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