{"id":59556,"date":"2025-07-22T06:32:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T06:32:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-29T08:17:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:17:24","slug":"cve-2025-48384-git-submodule-path-traversal-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48384-git-submodule-path-traversal-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-48384: Git Submodule Path Traversal Vulnerability<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This blog post delves into a crucial vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-48384, that affects Git &#8211; a highly scalable, and distributed revision control system. This vulnerability pertains to the handling of submodule paths by Git, and if exploited, could lead to potential system compromise or even data leakage. With a CVSS severity score of 8.0, this vulnerability matter is significant due to its potential impact on countless developers and organizations worldwide who use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46198-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-grav-versions-1-7-46-to-1-7-48\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69928\">Git<\/a> as their version control system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-48384<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.0)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43192-critical-configuration-issue-in-macos-allowing-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74688\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1289902273\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Git | v2.43.6 and below<br \/>\nGit | v2.44.3 and below<br \/>\nGit | v2.45.3 and below<br \/>\nGit | v2.46.3 and below<br \/>\nGit | v2.47.2 and below<br \/>\nGit | v2.48.1 and below<br \/>\nGit | v2.49.0 and below<br \/>\nGit | v2.50.0 and below<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54443-critical-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-samsung-electronics-magicinfo-9-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67945\">vulnerability arises from Git&#8217;s improper handling of submodule paths<\/a>. When reading a config value, Git strips any trailing carriage return and line feed (CRLF). For values with a trailing CR, this is not quoted during writing, resulting in the loss of CR when the config is later read. If a submodule path contains a trailing CR, the altered path is read, leading to the submodule being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-20683-local-privilege-escalation-due-to-incorrect-bounds-check-in-wlan-ap-driver\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91808\">checked out to an incorrect<\/a> location. If a symlink exists that points the altered path to the submodule hooks directory and contains an executable post-checkout hook, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50754-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-leading-to-remote-code-execution-in-unisite-cms-5-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74687\">script may be unintentionally executed<\/a>. This could allow an attacker to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54416-arbitrary-command-execution-vulnerability-in-tj-actions-branch-names-github-action\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69929\">execute arbitrary commands<\/a> in the system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3465393579\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This pseudocode represents the malicious submodule configuration:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\"># Attacker creates a submodule with a trailing CR\ngit submodule add https:\/\/github.com\/attacker\/repo.git submodule\\r\n# The submodule contains a post-checkout hook\necho &quot;#!\/bin\/sh\\necho &#039;Compromised!&#039;&quot; &gt; .gitmodules\/hooks\/post-checkout\nchmod +x .gitmodules\/hooks\/post-checkout\n# Attacker commits the malicious configuration\ngit add .gitmodules\ngit commit -m &quot;Add malicious submodule&quot;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>When an unsuspecting user clones the repository and initializes the submodule, the post-checkout hook is executed:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">git clone https:\/\/github.com\/attacker\/repo.git\ncd repo\ngit submodule update --init\n# Output: Compromised!<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users are urged to apply the vendor patch immediately. Git has released patches for this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8020-ssrf-vulnerability-in-all-versions-of-private-ip-package\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70004\">vulnerability in versions<\/a> v2.43.7, v2.44.4, v2.45.4, v2.46.4, v2.47.3, v2.48.2, v2.49.1, and v2.50.1. As a temporary mitigation, users can use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to block any suspicious activities associated with this exploit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview This blog post delves into a crucial vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-48384, that affects Git &#8211; a highly scalable, and distributed revision control system. This vulnerability pertains to the handling of submodule paths by Git, and if exploited, could lead to potential system compromise or even data leakage. 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