Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere in TruffleHog - CVE-2025-41390

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Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere in TruffleHog - CVE-2025-41390

Published: October 21, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU117411
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-41390
CWE-ID: CWE-829
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Truffle Security
Affected software:
TruffleHog

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere in the git functionality. A local user can use a specially crafted repository and execute arbitrary code on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-41390

Install updates from vendor's website.

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