CVE-2025-26625: git-lfs · Link Following
Affects git-lfsSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.6 High : upgrade to 3.7.1 soon.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC
- EPSS
- 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 64% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- No evidence of active exploitation and no public proof of concept
- Automatable
- Attackers can reliably automate steps 1–4 of the kill chain
- Technical impact
- Total control over the software or total information disclosure
CISA SSVC assessment, 2025-10-17.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 3.7.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 17 Oct 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade git-lfs to 3.7.1.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| git-lfsgit-lfs | Affected
| Fixed in
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Description
Git LFS is a Git extension for versioning large files. In Git LFS versions 0.5.2 through 3.7.0, when populating a Git repository's working tree with the contents of Git LFS objects, certain Git LFS commands may write to files visible outside the current Git working tree if symbolic or hard links exist which collide with the paths of files tracked by Git LFS. The git lfs checkout and git lfs pull commands do not check for symbolic links before writing to files in the working tree, allowing an attacker to craft a repository containing symbolic or hard links that cause Git LFS to write to arbitrary file system locations accessible to the user running these commands. As well, when the git lfs checkout and git lfs pull commands are run in a bare repository, they could write to files visible outside the repository. The vulnerability is fixed in version 3.7.1. As a workaround, support for symlinks in Git may be disabled by setting the core.symlinks configuration option to false, after which further clones and fetches will not create symbolic links. However, any symbolic or hard links in existing repositories will still provide the opportunity for Git LFS to write to their targets.
References
- github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/security/advisories/GHSA-6pvw-g552-53c5 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commit/0cffe93176b870055c9dadbb3cc9a4a440e98396 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commit/5c11ffce9a4f095ff356bc781e2a031abb46c1a8 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commit/d02bd13f02ef76f6807581cd6b34709069cb3615 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v3.7.1 (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00055.html (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/10/msg00040.html (opens in a new tab)