CVE-2025-27614

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.

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-27614 vulnerability.

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Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-27614.

URL	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/08/4
https://github.com/j6t/gitk/commit/8e3070aa5e331be45d4d03e3be41f84494fce129
https://github.com/j6t/gitk/security/advisories/GHSA-g4v5-fjv9-mhhc
https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email protected]/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27614
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-27614
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/08/4