Vulnerability in bash-git-prompt (CVE-2025-61659)
Summary
Vulnerability in bash-git-prompt (CVE-2025-61659). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
bash-git-prompt 2.6.1 through 2.7.1 insecurely uses the /tmp/git-index-private$$ file, which has a predictable name.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-61659 has been found in bash-git-prompt.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "bash-git-prompt CVE-2025-61659" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-61659 (bash-git-prompt) — CWE-377 / CVSS v3 6.8
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-377) exists in bash-git-prompt.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of bash-git-prompt.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.8/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'bash-git-prompt' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'bash-git-prompt' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
bash-git-promptを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- report github.com