Git GUI allows you to use the Git source control management tools via a GUI. When a user clones an untrusted repository and is tricked into editing a file located in a maliciously named directory in the repository, then Git GUI can create and overwrite files for which the user has write permission. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.43.7, 2.44.4, 2.45.4, 2.46.4, 2.47.3, 2.48.2, 2.49.1, and 2.50.1.

vendor_unpatched cve-2025-46835: Unpatched CVEs for Debian Linux (cve-2025-46835)

The version of git installed on the remote host is prior to 2.47.3-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2941 advisory.

    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. (CVE-2025-27613)

    A Git repository can be crafted in such a way that a user who has cloned the repository can be tricked     into running any script supplied by the attacker by invoking `gitk filename`, where `filename` has a     particular structure. (CVE-2025-27614)

    When a user clones an untrusted repository and is tricked into editing a file located in a maliciously     named directory in the repository, then Git GUI can create and overwrite any writable file.
    (CVE-2025-46835)

    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. (CVE-2025-48384)

    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 cloning a repository Git knows to     optionally fetch a bundle advertised by the remote server, which allows the server-side to offload parts     of the clone to a CDN. The Git client does not perform sufficient validation of the advertised bundles,     which allows the remote side to perform protocol injection. This protocol injection can cause the client     to write the fetched bundle to a location controlled by the adversary. The fetched content is fully     controlled by the server, which can in the worst case lead to arbitrary code execution. The use of bundle     URIs is not enabled by default and can be controlled by the bundle.heuristic config option. Some cases of     the vulnerability require that the adversary is in control of where a repository will be cloned to. This     either requires social engineering or a recursive clone with submodules. These cases can thus be avoided     by disabling recursive clones. 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. (CVE-2025-48385)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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 Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2025:0122 advisory.

    Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2024-50349:
    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 Git asks for credentials via a     terminal prompt (i.e. without using any credential helper), it prints out the host name for which the user     is expected to provide a username and/or a password. At this stage, any URL-encoded parts have been     decoded already, and are printed verbatim. This allows attackers to craft URLs that contain ANSI escape     sequences that the terminal interpret to confuse users e.g. into providing passwords for trusted Git     hosting sites when in fact they are then sent to untrusted sites that are under the attacker's control.
    This issue has been patch via commits `7725b81` and `c903985` which are included in release versions     v2.48.1, v2.47.2, v2.46.3, v2.45.3, v2.44.3, v2.43.6, v2.42.4, v2.41.3, and v2.40.4. Users are advised to     upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid cloning from untrusted URLs, especially recursive clones.

    CVE-2024-52006:
    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. Git defines a line-based protocol that     is used to exchange information between Git and Git credential helpers. Some ecosystems (most notably,     .NET and node.js) interpret single Carriage Return characters as newlines, which renders the protections     against CVE-2020-5260 incomplete for credential helpers that treat Carriage Returns in this way. This     issue has been addressed in commit `b01b9b8` which is included in release versions v2.48.1, v2.47.2,     v2.46.3, v2.45.3, v2.44.3, v2.43.6, v2.42.4, v2.41.3, and v2.40.4. Users are advised to upgrade. Users     unable to upgrade should avoid cloning from untrusted URLs, especially recursive clones.

    CVE-2025-27613:
    Gitk is a Tcl/Tk based Git history browser. Starting with 1.7.0, when a user clones an untrusted     repository and runs gitk without additional command arguments, files for which the user has write     permission can be created and truncated. The option Support per-file encoding must have been enabled     before in Gitk's Preferences. This option is disabled by default. The same happens when Show origin of     this line is used in the main window (regardless of whether Support per-file encoding is enabled or not).
    This vulnerability is fixed in 2.43.7, 2.44.4, 2.45.4, 2.46.4, 2.47.3, 2.48.2, 2.49.1, and 2.50.1.

    CVE-2025-27614:
    Gitk is a Tcl/Tk based Git history browser. Starting with 2.41.0, a Git repository can be crafted in such     a way that with some social engineering a user who has cloned the repository can be tricked into running     any script (e.g., Bourne shell, Perl, Python, ...) supplied by the attacker by invoking gitk filename,     where filename has a particular structure. The script is run with the privileges of the user. This     vulnerability is fixed in 2.43.7, 2.44.4, 2.45.4, 2.46.4, 2.47.3, 2.48.2, 2.49.1, and 2.50.

    CVE-2025-46835:
    Git GUI allows you to use the Git source control management tools via a GUI. When a user clones an     untrusted repository and is tricked into editing a file located in a maliciously named directory in the     repository, then Git GUI can create and overwrite files for which the user has write permission. This     vulnerability is fixed in 2.43.7, 2.44.4, 2.45.4, 2.46.4, 2.47.3, 2.48.2, 2.49.1, and 2.50.1.

    CVE-2025-48384:
    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.

    CVE-2025-48385:
    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 cloning a repository Git knows to     optionally fetch a bundle advertised by the remote server, which allows the server-side to offload parts     of the clone to a CDN. The Git client does not perform sufficient validation of the advertised bundles,     which allows the remote side to perform protocol injection. This protocol injection can cause the client     to write the fetched bundle to a location controlled by the adversary. The fetched content is fully     controlled by the server, which can in the worst case lead to arbitrary code execution. The use of bundle     URIs is not enabled by default and can be controlled by the bundle.heuristic config option. Some cases of     the vulnerability require that the adversary is in control of where a repository will be cloned to. This     either requires social engineering or a recursive clone with submodules. These cases can thus be avoided     by disabling recursive clones. 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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux 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 Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:11534 advisory.

    Git is a distributed revision control system with a decentralized architecture. As opposed to centralized     version control systems with a client-server model, Git ensures that each working copy of a Git repository     is an exact copy with complete revision history. This not only allows the user to work on and contribute     to projects without the need to have permission to push the changes to their official repositories, but     also makes it possible for the user to work with no network connection.

    Security Fix(es):

    * git: Git does not sanitize URLs when asking for credentials interactively (CVE-2024-50349)

    * git: Newline confusion in credential helpers can lead to credential exfiltration in git (CVE-2024-52006)

    * git: Git arbitrary code execution (CVE-2025-48384)

    * git: Git arbitrary file writes (CVE-2025-48385)

    * gitk: Git file creation flaw (CVE-2025-27613)

    * gitk: git script execution flaw (CVE-2025-27614)

    * git: Git GUI can create and overwrite files for which the user has write permission (CVE-2025-46835)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:11462 advisory.

    * git: Git does not sanitize URLs when asking for credentials interactively (CVE-2024-50349)
      * git: Newline confusion in credential helpers can lead to credential exfiltration in git     (CVE-2024-52006)
      * git: Git arbitrary code execution (CVE-2025-48384)
      * git: Git arbitrary file writes (CVE-2025-48385)
      * gitk: Git file creation flaw (CVE-2025-27613)
      * gitk: git script execution flaw (CVE-2025-27614)
      * git: Git GUI can create and overwrite files for which the user has write permission (CVE-2025-46835)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:11534 advisory.

    * git: Git does not sanitize URLs when asking for credentials interactively (CVE-2024-50349)
      * git: Newline confusion in credential helpers can lead to credential exfiltration in git     (CVE-2024-52006)
      * git: Git arbitrary code execution (CVE-2025-48384)
      * git: Git arbitrary file writes (CVE-2025-48385)
      * gitk: Git file creation flaw (CVE-2025-27613)
      * gitk: git script execution flaw (CVE-2025-27614)
      * git: Git GUI can create and overwrite files for which the user has write permission (CVE-2025-46835)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-11534 advisory.

    [2.43.7-1]
    - update to 2.43.7
    - Resolves: RHEL-102440, RHEL-102454, RHEL-102674, RHEL-102680

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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 Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-11533 advisory.

    [2.47.3-1]
    - update to 2.47.3
    - Resolves: RHEL-102437, RHEL-102451, RHEL-102673, RHEL-102679

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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 Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:11533 advisory.

    Git is a distributed revision control system with a decentralized architecture. As opposed to centralized     version control systems with a client-server model, Git ensures that each working copy of a Git repository     is an exact copy with complete revision history. This not only allows the user to work on and contribute     to projects without the need to have permission to push the changes to their official repositories, but     also makes it possible for the user to work with no network connection.

    Security Fix(es):

    * git: Git does not sanitize URLs when asking for credentials interactively (CVE-2024-50349)

    * git: Newline confusion in credential helpers can lead to credential exfiltration in git (CVE-2024-52006)

    * git: Git arbitrary code execution (CVE-2025-48384)

    * git: Git arbitrary file writes (CVE-2025-48385)

    * gitk: Git file creation flaw (CVE-2025-27613)

    * gitk: git script execution flaw (CVE-2025-27614)

    * git: Git GUI can create and overwrite files for which the user has write permission (CVE-2025-46835)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-11462 advisory.

    [2.47.3-1]
    - update to 2.47.3
    - Resolves: RHEL-102449, RHEL-102463, RHEL-102675, RHEL-102681

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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 Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:11462 advisory.

    Git is a distributed revision control system with a decentralized architecture. As opposed to centralized     version control systems with a client-server model, Git ensures that each working copy of a Git repository     is an exact copy with complete revision history. This not only allows the user to work on and contribute     to projects without the need to have permission to push the changes to their official repositories, but     also makes it possible for the user to work with no network connection.

    Security Fix(es):

    * git: Git does not sanitize URLs when asking for credentials interactively (CVE-2024-50349)

    * git: Newline confusion in credential helpers can lead to credential exfiltration in git (CVE-2024-52006)

    * git: Git arbitrary code execution (CVE-2025-48384)

    * git: Git arbitrary file writes (CVE-2025-48385)

    * gitk: Git file creation flaw (CVE-2025-27613)

    * gitk: git script execution flaw (CVE-2025-27614)

    * git: Git GUI can create and overwrite files for which the user has write permission (CVE-2025-46835)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 Microsoft Visual Studio Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

  - Vulnerability in Gitk where 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. (CVE-2025-27613)

  - Vulnerability in Gitk where a Git repository can be crafted in such a way that a user who has cloned the     repository can be tricked into running any script supplied by the attacker by invoking gitk filename,     where filename has a particular structure. (CVE-2025-27614)

  - Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Visual Studio allows an unauthorized     attacker to elevate privileges over a network. (CVE-2025-49739)

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

The version of git installed on the remote host is prior to 2.46.4 / 2.50.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SSA:2025-190-01 advisory.

    New git packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the git 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 version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 2a4472ed-5c0d-11f0-b991-291fce777db8 advisory.

    Git development team reports:
    CVE-2025-27613: 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.

    CVE-2025-27614: Gitk:
                A Git repository can be crafted in such a way that a user who has                 cloned the repository can be tricked into running any script                 supplied by the attacker by invoking `gitk filename`, where                 `filename` has a particular structure.

    CVE-2025-46835: Git GUI:
                When a user clones an untrusted repository and is tricked into                 editing a file located in a maliciously named directory in the                 repository, then Git GUI can create and overwrite any writable                 file.

    CVE-2025-48384: Git:
                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.

    CVE-2025-48385: Git:
                When cloning a repository Git knows to optionally fetch a bundle                 advertised by the remote server, which allows the server-side to                 offload parts of the clone to a CDN. The Git client does not                 perform sufficient validation of the advertised bundles, which                 allows the remote side to perform protocol injection.
                This protocol injection can cause the client to write the fetched                 bundle to a location controlled by the adversary. The fetched                 content is fully controlled by the server, which can in the worst                 case lead to arbitrary code execution.

    CVE-2025-48386: Git:
                The wincred credential helper uses a static buffer (`target`) as a                 unique key for storing and comparing against internal storage. This                 credential helper does not properly bounds check the available                 space remaining in the buffer before appending to it with                 `wcsncat()`, leading to potential buffer overflows.


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD 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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7626-1 advisory.

    Avi Halachmi discovered that Git incorrectly managed file modification constraints with Gitk. An attacker     could possibly use this issue to create or write to arbitrary files on the system. (CVE-2025-27613)

    Avi Halachmi discovered that Git incorrectly handled arguments when invoking the Gitk utility. If a user     were tricked into cloning a malicious Git repository, an attacker could possibly use this issue to run     arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 25.04.
    (CVE-2025-27614)

    Johannes Sixt discovered that Git incorrectly managed file modification constraints with Git GUI. If a     user were tricked into editing a file in a malicious Git repository, an attacker could possibly use this     issue to create or write to arbitrary files on the system. (CVE-2025-46835)

    David Leadbeater discovered that Git incorrectly stripped CRLF characters when editing configuration     files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-48384)

    David Leadbeater discovered that Git incorrectly handled verification when fetching remote Git     repositories. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform protocol injection, leading to     arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 25.04.
    (CVE-2025-48385)

    David Leadbeater discovered that Git incorrectly handled memory with the wincred credential helper. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-48386)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202507-09 (Git: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Git. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below     for details.

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

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
243250	Amazon Linux 2 : git (ALAS-2025-2941)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
242846	Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0122: git (ALINUX3-SA-2025:0122)	Nessus	Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks	high
242637	RHEL 8 : git (RHSA-2025:11534)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
242620	AlmaLinux 9 : git (ALSA-2025:11462)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
242618	AlmaLinux 8 : git (ALSA-2025:11534)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
242593	Oracle Linux 8 : git (ELSA-2025-11534)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
242591	Oracle Linux 10 : git (ELSA-2025-11533)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
242563	RHEL 10 : git (RHSA-2025:11533)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
242548	Oracle Linux 9 : git (ELSA-2025-11462)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
242476	RHEL 9 : git (RHSA-2025:11462)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
241959	Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (July 2025)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high
241672	Slackware Linux 15.0 / current git Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA:2025-190-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	high
241644	FreeBSD : git -- multiple vulnerabilities (2a4472ed-5c0d-11f0-b991-291fce777db8)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high
241622	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 : Git vulnerabilities (USN-7626-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
241591	GLSA-202507-09 : Git: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high

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