Exploited. On CISA's list since 2025-08-25.
Git Link Following Vulnerability
CVE-2025-48384 · Git Git · Published 2025-07-08
How bad would it be?
8.0 out of 10
CVSS rates it high.
How likely is it to be used?
4.4%
Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored flaws (EPSS, 2026-10-29).
Is it already being used?
Yes
CISA has seen it exploited in real attacks. For US government agencies the fix is deadline passed 410 days ago (2025-09-15).
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Git contains a link following vulnerability that stems from Git’s inconsistent handling of carriage return characters in configuration files.
What the flaw is
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.
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