VDB
CISA-2025-27613
CISA-2025-27613
PUBLISHED
CVSS 3.6 LOW
Reported by GitHub_M · Published July 10, 2025
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.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| j6t | gitk | >= 1.7.0, < 2.43.7, >= 2.44.0, < 2.44.4, >= 2.45.0, < 2.45.4 |
| j6t | gitk | >= 1.7.0, < 2.43.7, >= 2.44.0, < 2.44.4, >= 2.45.0, < 2.45.4 |
Timeline
- Jul 10, 2025 CVE Published
- Nov 4, 2025 CVE Updated
References
- https://github.com/j6t/gitk/security/advisories/GHSA-f3cw-xrj3-wr2v x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/j6t/gitk/compare/465f03869ae11acd04abfa1b83c67879c867410c..026c397d911cde55924d7eb1311d0fd6e2e105d5 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/j6t/gitk/compare/7dd272eca153058da2e8d5b9960bbbf0b4f0cbaa..67a128b91e25978a15f9f7e194d81b441d603652 x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00003.html url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/08/4 url