CVE-2025-27614
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 36 %ileDEEUNLRUEPSS · scored 2026-10-22
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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affected products (62)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2015:update_3
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code Python extension for Visual Studio Codeall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:python_extension_for_visual_studio_code
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platformall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:container_platform
advisories (3)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- NCSC-2025-0217Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Microsoft Visual StudioNL2025-07-08csaf · ncsc_nlNL
Microsoft heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Visual Studio.
- WID-SEC-W-2025-1485Microsoft Developer Tools und git: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-07-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio Code und git ausnutzen, um Administratorrechte zu erlangen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, Daten zu manipulieren, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen und andere nicht spezifizierte Auswirkungen zu verursachen.
- WID-SEC-W-2025-1905IBM QRadar SIEM Komponente: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-08-25csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM QRadar SIEM Komponenten ausnutzen, um Daten zu manipulieren, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, und um Informationen offenzulegen.
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sources
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references (11)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://git-scm.com/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/j6t/gitk/commit/8e3070aa5e331be45d4d03e3be41f84494fce129cnnvd
- https://github.com/j6t/gitk/security/advisories/GHSA-g4v5-fjv9-mhhccnnvd
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-27614cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27614cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Gitk-code-execution-via-Filename-Particular-Structure-47663cnnvd
- https://github.com/j6t/gitk/commit/8e3070aa5e331be45d4d03e3be41f84494fce129enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/j6t/gitk/security/advisories/GHSA-g4v5-fjv9-mhhcenisa_euvd
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