vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-7977-1 (CVE-2025-26625): Git LFS vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N) | Oct 17, 2025 | Jan 27, 2026 | Jan 28, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Published
Oct 17, 2025
Added
Jan 27, 2026
Modified
Jan 28, 2026
Description
Ryota K discovered that Git LFS may leak login credentials in certain
instances due to failing to check for URL-encoded characters. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to learn sensitive information.
(CVE-2024-53263)
It was discovered that Git LFS could have its git lfs checkout and
git lfs pull commands abused to write to any file on a user's
system. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary
code. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-26625)
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-git-lfsubuntu-pro-upgrade-golang-github-git-lfs-git-lfs-dev
References
- CVE-2025-26625
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-26625
- CWE-59
- UBUNTU-USN-7977-1
- URL-https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commit/0cffe93176b870055c9dadbb3cc9a4a440e98396
- URL-https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commit/5c11ffce9a4f095ff356bc781e2a031abb46c1a8
- URL-https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commit/d02bd13f02ef76f6807581cd6b34709069cb3615
- URL-https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v3.7.1
- URL-https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/security/advisories/GHSA-6pvw-g552-53c5
- URL-https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7977-1
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-26625
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