CVE-2025-24890gix-sec safe.directory protections absent for elevated administrators
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 0.17%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 94% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
gitoxide is an implementation of git written in Rust. Prior to 0.13.3, the gix-sec crate on Windows incorrectly treats repositories controlled by another user as trusted when an administrator runs a dependent program with an unfiltered elevated token. In gix-sec/src/identity.rs, gix_sec::identity::is_path_owned_by_current_user obtains folder_owner and token_owner, but its administrator-specific IsWellKnownSid and CheckTokenMembership checks examine the running token rather than confirming the directory owner. This bypasses safe.directory-style protection for repositories owned and configured by a limited user, allowing repository configuration or hooks to execute commands with the administrator's privileges when an affected operation is performed. Exploitation requires Windows, an elevated administrator, a program that relies on gix-sec trust results, and interaction with a repository controlled by another user. An unelevated UAC process is not affected, and cloning is not affected because repository configuration and hooks are not copied. This issue is fixed in version 0.13.3.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits1
References tagged exploit1 reference
- https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/security/advisories/GHSA-7rhf-42qf-vrvc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 20 months later
· 20 months later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.17% · top 94% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
- affected < 0.13.3
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- crates.iogix-secGHSA-7rhf-42qf-vrvc (opens in a new tab)
References
References4
- https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/security/advisories/GHSA-7rhf-42qf-vrvc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
- https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/pull/2510 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/commit/39e37482d6f884bf4765dbe9c95a93dc2a92e559 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/releases/tag/gix-sec-v0.13.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-210908 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-7rhf-42qf-vrvc (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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