CVE Alert: CVE-2025-27614
Vulnerability Summary: 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.
Affected Endpoints:
No affected endpoints listed.
Published Date:
7/10/2025, 3:15:26 PM
🔥 CVSS Score:
Exploit Status:
Not ExploitedReferences:
- https://github.com/j6t/gitk/commit/8e3070aa5e331be45d4d03e3be41f84494fce129
- https://github.com/j6t/gitk/security/advisories/GHSA-g4v5-fjv9-mhhc
Recommended Action:
No proposed action available. Please refer to vendor documentation for updates.
A considerable amount of time and effort goes into maintaining this website, creating backend automation and creating new features and content for you to make actionable intelligence decisions. Everyone that supports the site helps enable new functionality.
If you like the site, please support us on “Patreon” or “Buy Me A Coffee” using the buttons below
To keep up to date follow us on the below channels.
