CVE-2025-27613
Publication date 8 July 2025
Last updated 10 July 2025
Ubuntu priority
Gitk is a Tcl/Tk based Git history browser. Starting with 1.7.0, when a user clones an untrusted repository and runs gitk without additional command arguments, files for which the user has write permission can be created and truncated. The option Support per-file encoding must have been enabled before in Gitk's Preferences. This option is disabled by default. The same happens when Show origin of this line is used in the main window (regardless of whether Support per-file encoding is enabled or not). 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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| git | 25.04 plucky |
Fixed 1:2.48.1-0ubuntu1.1
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 1:2.43.0-1ubuntu7.3
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.15
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.14+esm3
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.18+esm4
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm11
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| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
3.6 · Low
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | Low |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-7626-1
- Git vulnerabilities
- 8 July 2025