CVE-2025-24890: gix-sec safe.directory protections absent for elevated administrators

September 9, 2026

In a process run with full administrative rights on Windows, gix-sec wrongly treats all locations as trusted, leading to the execution of commands configured in repositories controlled by limited user accounts.

References

github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/commit/39e37482d6f
github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/security/advisories/GHSA-7rhf-42qf-vrvc
github.com/advisories/GHSA-7rhf-42qf-vrvc
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24890

Code Behaviors & Features

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