gitk: git script execution flaw

There's a vulnerability in gitk where an user can be tricked to run malicious scripts supplied by the attacker when running gitk filename command. When successfully exploited this vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution...

Important: git security update

Git is a distributed revision control system with a decentralized architecture. As opposed to centralized version control systems with a client-server model, Git ensures that each working copy of a Git repository is an exact copy with complete revision history. This not only allows the user to wo...

Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio Products (July 2025)

The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. - Vulnerability in Gitk where when a user clones an untrusted repository and runs Gitk without additional command arguments, any writable file can be created and truncated. T...

USN-7626-3 git regression

USN-7626-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Git. The updates for CVE-2025-27613 and CVE-2025-46835 caused Gitk and Git GUI to not work properly on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and were disabled in USN-7626-2. The problematic updates for the aforementioned CV...

USN-7626-3: Git regression

USN-7626-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Git. The updates for CVE-2025-27613 and CVE-2025-46835 caused Gitk and Git GUI to not work properly on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and were disabled in USN-7626-2. The problematic updates for the aforementioned CV...

AZL-65079 CVE-2025-27614 affecting package git for versions less than 2.45.4-1

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...

AZL-65073 CVE-2025-27613 affecting package git for versions less than 2.40.4-2

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...

ALPINE-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...

DEBIAN-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...

AZL-65076 CVE-2025-27613 affecting package git for versions less than 2.45.4-1

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...

ALPINE-CVE-2025-27614

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...

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...

CVE-2025-27614

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...

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-27614

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...

CVE-2025-27614 Gitk allows arbitrary command execution

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...

CVE-2025-27614

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...

CVE-2025-27614

Gitk (a Tcl/Tk based viewer for Git history) contains a local-privilege escalation/command-execution flaw starting with version 2.41.0, where a crafted Git repository can cause a user who has cloned the repo to be tricked into running an attacker-supplied script by invoking gitk filename. The scr...

CVE-2025-27614 Gitk allows arbitrary command execution

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...

CVE-2025-27614 Gitk allows arbitrary command execution

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...

CVE-2025-27614

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...