OS Command Injection Affecting git package, versions <1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.14+esm3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-GIT-10664273
  • published9 Jul 2025
  • disclosed10 Jul 2025

Introduced: 9 Jul 2025

NewCVE-2025-27613  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 git to version 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.14+esm3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream git package and not the git package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1