Red Hat Security Advisory: git security update
Affects Red Hat gitSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 1 Nov 2026, 12:17 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 24 Jul 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: 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 1 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated Git packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as detailed in Red Hat's advisory (RHSA-2025:11688) and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying the official patch is the recommended mitigation. No other specific mitigations or workarounds are mentioned.
Description
A security update for Git addresses an arbitrary code execution vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-48384. Git is a distributed version control system that allows users to work with complete revision history independently of network connectivity. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory for Git on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support, providing updated packages to remediate this issue.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11688 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2378806 (opens in a new tab)
- issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-61651 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_11688.json (opens in a new tab)