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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-48384

Git Link Following Vulnerability

Published Jul 8, 2025 · catalog updated Sep 24, 2026 · Git Git

Patch now

CVE-2025-48384 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Sep 15, 2025. Confirm Git Git against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High8.0
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
4.38%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe apple/xcode · cpe debian/debian linux · cpe git-scm/git · vendor Git Git

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.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe apple/xcodeversion unspecified
  • cpe debian/debian linux11.0
  • cpe git-scm/gitversion unspecified
  • vendor Git Gitversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-48384

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-48384 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Sep 15, 2025. Confirm Git Git against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with debian/debian linux 11.0. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-436; CWE-59: Link Following. EPSS 4.38%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. 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. Jul 8, 2025 · Catalog

    Detected

    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 initializ

  2. Aug 25, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Sep 15, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Sep 24, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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 initializ

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-48384

    Git contains a link following vulnerability that stems from Git’s inconsistent handling of carriage return characters in configuration files.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-48384

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-48384

    30-day exploitation probability 4.4%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-48384

    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

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-48384

    Git contains a link following vulnerability that stems from Git’s inconsistent handling of carriage return characters in configuration files.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.