# CVE-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 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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2025-48384
- CVSS: 8.0
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2025-08-25; CISA due date 2025-09-15
- EPSS: 4.38%
- Unvetted proof-of-concept code on GitHub: 42 GitHub proofs of concept (first 2025-07-08)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-08-26)
- Weakness: CWE-436, CWE-59
- Also known as: GHSA-vwqx-4fm8-6qc9
- Published: 2025-07-08

## Affected versions

- git: affected < 2.43.7; >= 2.44.0-rc0 and < 2.44.4; >= 2.45.0-rc0 and < 2.45.4; >= 2.46.0-rc0 and < 2.46.4; >= 2.47.0-rc0 and < 2.47.3; >= 2.48.0-rc0 and < 2.48.2; >= 2.49.0-rc0 and < 2.49.1; >= 2.50.0-rc0 and < 2.50.1

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-vwqx-4fm8-6qc9
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-48384
- [other] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00003.html
- [other] http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/60
- [other] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/08/4

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