Red Hat Security Advisory: git security update
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in Git and related components affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. These include issues such as improper sanitization of URLs when requesting credentials, newline confusion in credential helpers leading to potential credential exfiltration, arbitrary code execution, arbitrary file writes, and file creation and script execution flaws in gitk and Git GUI. The vulnerabilities collectively pose risks of credential leakage, unauthorized code execution, and unauthorized file modifications. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates to address these issues.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers several security flaws in Git and gitk on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. The vulnerabilities include CVE-2024-50349 (lack of URL sanitization when asking for credentials), CVE-2024-52006 (newline confusion in credential helpers causing credential exfiltration), CVE-2025-48384 (arbitrary code execution), CVE-2025-48385 (arbitrary file writes), CVE-2025-27613 and CVE-2025-27614 (file creation and script execution flaws in gitk), and CVE-2025-46835 (Git GUI can create and overwrite files with user write permission). These issues affect the integrity and confidentiality of Git operations and user credentials. Red Hat has released updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 to remediate these vulnerabilities.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities can lead to credential leakage, unauthorized code execution, and unauthorized file creation or modification within the context of user permissions. This can compromise the security of Git repositories and potentially allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or overwrite files where the user has write access. The impact is rated as high by Red Hat Product Security.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Git packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update RHSA-2025:11533 promptly to remediate the issues. Detailed instructions for applying the update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Red Hat Security Advisory: git security update
Description
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in Git and related components affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. These include issues such as improper sanitization of URLs when requesting credentials, newline confusion in credential helpers leading to potential credential exfiltration, arbitrary code execution, arbitrary file writes, and file creation and script execution flaws in gitk and Git GUI. The vulnerabilities collectively pose risks of credential leakage, unauthorized code execution, and unauthorized file modifications. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates to address these issues.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This advisory covers several security flaws in Git and gitk on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. The vulnerabilities include CVE-2024-50349 (lack of URL sanitization when asking for credentials), CVE-2024-52006 (newline confusion in credential helpers causing credential exfiltration), CVE-2025-48384 (arbitrary code execution), CVE-2025-48385 (arbitrary file writes), CVE-2025-27613 and CVE-2025-27614 (file creation and script execution flaws in gitk), and CVE-2025-46835 (Git GUI can create and overwrite files with user write permission). These issues affect the integrity and confidentiality of Git operations and user credentials. Red Hat has released updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 to remediate these vulnerabilities.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities can lead to credential leakage, unauthorized code execution, and unauthorized file creation or modification within the context of user permissions. This can compromise the security of Git repositories and potentially allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or overwrite files where the user has write access. The impact is rated as high by Red Hat Product Security.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Git packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update RHSA-2025:11533 promptly to remediate the issues. Detailed instructions for applying the update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:11533
- Cve Count
- 7
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-52006","CVE-2025-27613","CVE-2025-27614","CVE-2025-46835","CVE-2025-48384","CVE-2025-48385"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a1f4e88e29bf47b500828bd
Added to database: 6/2/2026, 9:43:36 PM
Last enriched: 6/2/2026, 10:15:29 PM
Last updated: 6/3/2026, 4:57:49 AM
Views: 3
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