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CVE-2025-27613.

Source-reported disclosure and enrichment record.

SEVERITY / CVSSUnscoredNo severity score in this snapshot.
EXPLOITATION STATUSNot listed in the cached KEV catalogThis does not establish absence of exploitation.
RECORD STATUSMicrosoft vendor recordModified Aug 22, 2025

Disclosure summary

CVE-2025-27613 is regarding a vulnerability in Gitk where when a user clones an untrusted repository and runs Gitk without additional command arguments, any writable file can be created and truncated. The option "Support per-file encoding" must have been enabled. The operation "Show origin of this line" is affected as well, regardless of the option being enabled or not. GitHub created this CVE on their behalf. The documented Visual Studio updates incorporate updates in GitK which address this vulnerability. Please see CVE-2025-27613 for more information.

Source-specific records & product guidance

Sources retain their own attribution and scoring. Follow the original record to confirm affected versions, fixed releases, and configuration conditions.

Microsoft Security Updates (CVRF) · 2025-Jul

Open original source · Updated Aug 22, 2025

GitHub: CVE-2025-27613 Gitk Arguments Vulnerability

Maximum of vendor-reported product scores; products and fixed builds are associations, not a universal affected-version statement.

VendorProduct / associationVersion / bounds
Microsoft update guideMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8 (MSRC status code 3)
Microsoft update guideMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 (MSRC status code 3)
Microsoft update guideMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12 (MSRC status code 3)
Microsoft update guideMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 (MSRC status code 3)
Microsoft update guideMicrosoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) (MSRC status code 3)
Microsoft update guideMicrosoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) (MSRC status code 3)

Vendor remediation references

  • Release Notes · build 17.8.23 · product IDs 12271
  • Vendor guidance · product IDs 12271
  • Release Notes · build 17.10.17 · product IDs 12322
  • Vendor guidance · product IDs 12322
  • Release Notes · build 17.12.10 · product IDs 12459
  • Vendor guidance · product IDs 12459
  • Release Notes · build 17.14.8 · product IDs 16767
  • Vendor guidance · product IDs 16767
  • Release Notes · build 16.11.49 · product IDs 11935
  • Vendor guidance · product IDs 11935
  • Release Notes · build 15.9.75 · product IDs 11600
  • Vendor guidance · product IDs 11600

Original records & references

PUBLISHED 2025-07-08T03:00:00-04:00
MODIFIED 2025-08-22T03:00:00-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-08T12:45:48-04:00