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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-7626-3: Git Regression Security Fix

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Calendar Grey July 10, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A recent issue in Git addressed by USN-7626-1 has been resolved. Ensure you update your Ubuntu installations to maintain system security.
USN-7626-1 introduced a regression in Git

Summary

USN-7626-1 introduced a regression in Git

Software Description:

- git: fast, scalable, distributed revision control system

Details:

USN-7626-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Git. The updates for CVE-2025-27613

and CVE-2025-46835 caused Gitk and Git GUI to not work properly on Ubuntu

16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and

were disabled in USN-7626-2. The problematic updates for the

aforementioned CVEs have now been corrected and reinstated in this update.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Avi Halachmi discovered that Git incorrectly managed file modification

constraints with Gitk. An attacker could possibly use this issue to create

or write to arbitrary files on the system. (CVE-2025-27613)

Avi Halachmi discovered that Git incorrectly handled arguments when

invoking the Gitk utility. If a user were tricked into cloning a malicious

Git repository, an attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary

command...

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Topics Covered

security advisory update threat Ubuntu regression git

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  git-gui                         1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.15
  gitk                            1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.15

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  git-gui                         1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.14+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  gitk                            1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.14+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  git-gui                         1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.18+esm4
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  gitk                            1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.18+esm4
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  git-gui                         1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm11
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  gitk                            1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm11
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7626-3

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7626-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7626-3

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/+bug/2116251

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7626-3

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Topics Covered

security advisory update threat Ubuntu regression git

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.15

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