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CVE-2025-48384: Git Link Following Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2025-48384
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Git contains a link following vulnerability that stems from Git’s inconsistent handling of carriage return characters in configuration files.

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What
A link following vulnerability stems from inconsistent handling of carriage return characters in configuration files.
Who is affected
Users of Git.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent as the vulnerability is actively exploited and is critical in severity.
Action
Users should update to the latest version of Git.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2025-08-25
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48384

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2025-48384coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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