CVE-2025-27613

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 v3 3.6 LOW

3.6^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/j6t/gitk/compare/465f03869ae11acd04abfa1b83c67879c867410c..026c397d911cde55924d7eb1311d0fd6e2e105d5
https://github.com/j6t/gitk/compare/7dd272eca153058da2e8d5b9960bbbf0b4f0cbaa..67a128b91e25978a15f9f7e194d81b441d603652
https://github.com/j6t/gitk/security/advisories/GHSA-f3cw-xrj3-wr2v

Configurations

No configuration.

History

15 Jul 2025, 13:24

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-07-10 15:15

Updated : 2025-07-15 13:24

NVD link : CVE-2025-27613

Mitre link : CVE-2025-27613

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-27613

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

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