CVE-2025-46835CWE-88

Git GUI can create and overwrite files for which the user has write permission

High · published July 10, 2025

CVSS v3.1
8.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
48.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Git GUI allows you to use the Git source control management tools via a GUI. When a user clones an untrusted repository and is tricked into editing a file located in a maliciously named directory in the repository, then Git GUI can create and overwrite files for which the user has write permission. 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00612 · 48.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-88 · Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
Published
2025-07-10T15:09Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 JUL 15:09Z
    Git GUI can create and overwrite files for which the user has write permission
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