CVE-2025-27614
8.6
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.03%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2025-27614
To remediate CVE-2025-27614, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.43.7-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 1:2.47.3-0+deb13u1 or later
Is CVE-2025-27614 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.43.7-r0
- from 0, < 1:2.47.3-0+deb13u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |