CVE-2025-27614
Description
There's a vulnerability in gitk where an user can be tricked to run malicious scripts supplied by the attacker when running gitk filename command. When successfully exploited this vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution.
Statement
The Red Hat Product Security team has rated this vulnerability as having a Moderate impact as it depends on the user to be tricked to run the command using the malicious file as parameter.
Mitigation
There's no known mitigation for this issue besides avoid using gitk with untrusted repositories or unstrusted files.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.3 | N/A | 8.6 |
| Attack Vector | Network | N/A | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low | N/A | Low |
| Privileges Required | None | N/A | None |
| User Interaction | Required | N/A | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged | N/A | Changed |
| Confidentiality | Low | N/A | High |
| Integrity Impact | Low | N/A | High |
| Availability Impact | Low | N/A | High |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
cve.org: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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