CVE-2025-46835: GitHub: CVE-2025-46835 Git File Overwrite Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

N/A

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Patch Tuesday

2025-Jul

Released

2025-07-08

Last Updated

2025-08-22

EPSS Score

0.01% (percentile: 1.3%)

Description

CVE-2025-46835 is regarding a vulnerability in Git GUI where 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 any writable file. GitHub created this CVE on their behalf. The documented Visual Studio updates incorporate updates in GitK which address this vulnerability. Please see CVE-2025-46835 for more information.

Affected Products (6)

Developer Tools

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)

Security Updates (6)

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Revision History

• 2025-07-08: Information published.
• 2025-08-22: Corrected the CVE Numbering Authority (CNA). This is an informational change only.