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Security fix · CVE-2025-48064

GitHub Desktop is an open-source, Electron-based GitHub app designed for git development.

Published May 21, 2025 · catalog updated May 21, 2025 · Desktop

Check this week

CVE-2025-48064 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 18.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Desktop.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Low3.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
18.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor desktop Desktop < 3.4.20-beta3

GitHub Desktop is an open-source, Electron-based GitHub app designed for git development. Prior to version 3.4.20-beta3, an attacker convincing a user to view a file in a commit of their making in the history view can cause information disclosure by means of Git attempting to access a network share. This affects GitHub Desktop users on Windows that view malicious commits in the history view. macOS users are not affected. When viewing a file diff in the history view GitHub Desktop will call or with the object id (SHA) of the commit, the name of the file, and the old name of the file if the file

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor desktop Desktop < 3.4.20-beta3< 3.4.20-beta3

How to fix CVE-2025-48064

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-48064 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 18.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Desktop.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with desktop Desktop < 3.4.20-beta3 < 3.4.20-beta3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 18.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 21, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    GitHub Desktop is an open-source, Electron-based GitHub app designed for git development. Prior to version 3.4.20-beta3, an attacker convincing a user to view a file in a commit of their making in the history view can cause information disclosure by means of Git attempting to access a network share. This affects GitHub Desktop users on Windows that view malicious commits in the history view. macOS

  2. May 21, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    GitHub Desktop is an open-source, Electron-based GitHub app designed for git development. Prior to version 3.4.20-beta3, an attacker convincing a user to view a file in a commit of their making in the history view can cause information disclosure by means of Git attempting to access a network share. This affects GitHub Desktop users on Windows that view malicious commits in the history view. macOS

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-48064

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-16050

    GitHub Desktop is an open-source, Electron-based GitHub app designed for git development. Prior to version 3.4.20-beta3, an attacker convincing a user to view a file in a commit of their making in the history view can cause information disclosure by means of Git attempting to acc

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog May 21, 2025. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.