CVE-2025-46835 | Git GUI can create and overwrite files for which the user has write permission

Git GUI allows you to use the Git source control management tools via a GUI. When a user clones an untrusted repository and is tricked into editing a file located in a maliciously named directory in the repository, then Git GUI can create and overwrite files for which the user has write permission. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.43.7, 2.44.4, 2.45.4, 2.46.4, 2.47.3, 2.48.2, 2.49.1, and 2.50.1.

Published: 2025-07-10 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Deferred，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-46835 is rated Low Risk (35.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-46835

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-07-11 — 0.02% —

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-46835

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 1.8 6.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-46835

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-46835

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2025-46835: 1 source package rows (git); 5 state rows across 5 repos (3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 5, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-46835
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-46835 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (git), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-46835
gentoo high CVE-2025-46835: 1 GLSA(s) (202507-09), 1 atom(s) (dev-vcs/git); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2025-46835
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46835
suse medium CVE-2025-46835 severity moderate: SUSE including 135 source package names (0.0.17-1.1:git-core-2.51.0-150600.3.12.1, 0.1.6-1.2:git-2.51.0-150600.3.12.1, …), 331 product×package rows across 43 product lines (Container bci/kiwi, Container bci/spack, … (43 product lines)): Fixed 331. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46835/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-46835 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (git), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, upstream, xenial): released 8. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-46835

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-46835

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2025-46835

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