CVE-2025-48384: Git Link Following Vulnerability
- Is it exploited?
Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on , 48 days after the CVE record was published.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 4.4%
EPSS score, percentile 91.3 of all scored records
- How severe?
- 8.1 High
CVSS v3.1 base score, given by the CNA
- What should I do?
CISA deadline . Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
- Which versions are affected?
Affected
- < 2.43.7
- >= 2.44.0-rc0, < 2.44.4
- >= 2.45.0-rc0, < 2.45.4
- >= 2.46.0-rc0, < 2.46.4
- >= 2.47.0-rc0, < 2.47.3
- >= 2.48.0-rc0, < 2.48.2
and 2 more in the table below
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
What to do
Required action, set by CISA
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA due date for this action: .
Advisories and patches
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
Linked from CISA's catalog entry
- https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-vwqx-4fm8-6qc9
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13933
- https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS2-2025-2941.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-11534.html
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48384
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48384
Affected products and versions
As listed in the CVE record.
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | < 2.43.7 |
| Affected | >= 2.44.0-rc0, < 2.44.4 |
| Affected | >= 2.45.0-rc0, < 2.45.4 |
| Affected | >= 2.46.0-rc0, < 2.46.4 |
| Affected | >= 2.47.0-rc0, < 2.47.3 |
| Affected | >= 2.48.0-rc0, < 2.48.2 |
| Affected | >= 2.49.0-rc0, < 2.49.1 |
| Affected | >= 2.50.0-rc0, < 2.50.1 |
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
About this vulnerability
Git contains a link following vulnerability that stems from Git’s inconsistent handling of carriage return characters in configuration files.
Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of .
- CISA added CVE-2025-48384 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 25 Aug 2025.
- CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
- The due date CISA sets for the required action is 15 Sep 2025.
- The CVE record was published on 8 Jul 2025, 48 days before it was added to KEV.
- The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 (High), given by its CNA.
- FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.4% (percentile 91.3), as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of . About the data.
Description
Git allows arbitrary code execution through broken config quoting
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.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
Weakness
- CWE-436: Interpretation Conflict
- CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.
Timeline
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