CVE-2025-27614 Information

Description

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 gitk filename where filename has a particular structure. The script is run with the privileges of the user. 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.

Reference

https://github.com/j6t/gitk/commit/8e3070aa5e331be45d4d03e3be41f84494fce129 https://github.com/j6t/gitk/security/advisories/GHSA-g4v5-fjv9-mhhc

Related CNNVD

CNNVD-202507-1024 (Published: 2025-07-08)