CVE-2025-27613

LOW EPSS 20.4%
Published Jul 10, 202511mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
3.6 CVSS 3.1
Low
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Published Jul 10, 2025 11mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

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 Details

Base Score
3.6
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
1.4
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
20.4% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-78 OS Command Injection Injection

References 5

  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/08/4
  • github.com https://github.com/j6t/gitk/compare/465f03869ae11acd04abfa1b83c67879c867410c..026c397d911cde55924d7eb1311d0fd6e2e105d5
  • github.com https://github.com/j6t/gitk/compare/7dd272eca153058da2e8d5b9960bbbf0b4f0cbaa..67a128b91e25978a15f9f7e194d81b441d603652
  • github.com https://github.com/j6t/gitk/security/advisories/GHSA-f3cw-xrj3-wr2v
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00003.html

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

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