CVE-2025-48384Known exploitationPublic exploitNetwork attack vector

Code execution via trailing-CR submodule path confusion

Published Jul 8, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026

Code execution in affected Git releases allows remote authenticated users to run a hook through a recursive submodule clone. Git fails to quote a trailing carriage return when writing configuration values, then strips it on read, changing the submodule path so a symlink can redirect checkout into the hooks directory. Exploitation requires a crafted submodule path, an existing symlink to that hooks directory, an executable post-checkout hook, and user interaction to clone recursively.

CVSS severity8.0
High
EPSS probability4.11%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationReported
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Summary

What happened

Code execution in affected Git releases allows remote authenticated users to run a hook through a recursive submodule clone. Git fails to quote a trailing carriage return when writing configuration values, then strips it on read, changing the submodule path so a symlink can redirect checkout into the hooks directory. Exploitation requires a crafted submodule path, an existing symlink to that hooks directory, an executable post-checkout hook, and user interaction to clone recursively.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-48384
Published
Jul 8, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Vendor
Git
Product
Git
Classifications
T1203
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=< 2.43.7
  2. Affected versionversion=>= 2.44.0-rc0, < 2.44.4
  3. Affected versionversion=>= 2.45.0-rc0, < 2.45.4
  4. Affected versionversion=>= 2.46.0-rc0, < 2.46.4
  5. Affected versionversion=>= 2.47.0-rc0, < 2.47.3
  6. Affected versionversion=>= 2.48.0-rc0, < 2.48.2
  7. Affected versionversion=>= 2.49.0-rc0, < 2.49.1
  8. Affected versionversion=>= 2.50.0-rc0, < 2.50.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Git · Gitversion=< 2.43.7; version=>= 2.44.0-rc0, < 2.44.4; version=>= 2.45.0-rc0, < 2.45.4; version=>= 2.46.0-rc0, < 2.46.4; version=>= 2.47.0-rc0, < 2.47.3; version=>= 2.48.0-rc0, < 2.48.2; version=>= 2.49.0-rc0, < 2.49.1; version=>= 2.50.0-rc0, < 2.50.1

Published CVSS scores

8.0GitHubCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationReported
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

T1203Exploitation for Client Execution

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Reported exploitation

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