CVE-2025-48384
Git allows arbitrary code execution through broken config quoting
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2025-48384
To remediate CVE-2025-48384, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.43.7-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.50.1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:2.30.2-1+deb11u5 or later
Is CVE-2025-48384 being exploited?
Yes — CVE-2025-48384 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Patch immediately.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.43.7-r0
- from 0, < 2.50.1
- from 0, < 1:2.30.2-1+deb11u5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |