CVE-2025-61659
bash-git-prompt 2.6.1 through 2.7.1 insecurely uses the /tmp/git-index-private$$ file, which has...
bash-git-prompt 2.6.1 through 2.7.1 insecurely uses the /tmp/git-index-private$$ file, which has a predictable name.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
bash-git-prompt 2.6.1 through 2.7.1 insecurely uses the /tmp/git-index-private$$ file, which has a predictable name.
- Record
CVE-2025-61659- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-377
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-31584
bash-git-prompt 2.6.1 through 2.7.1 insecurely uses the /tmp/git-index-private$$ file, which has a predictable name.
- Record
EUVD-2025-31584- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r225-6x7c-4q3h
bash-git-prompt 2.6.1 through 2.7.1 insecurely uses the /tmp/git-index-private$$ file, which has...
bash-git-prompt 2.6.1 through 2.7.1 insecurely uses the /tmp/git-index-private$$ file, which has a predictable name.
- Record
GHSA-r225-6x7c-4q3h- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-377
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
bash-git-prompt 2.6.1 through 2.7.1 insecurely uses the /tmp/git-index-private$$ file, which has a predictable name.
- Record
CVE-2025-61659- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-377
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
bash-git-prompt 2.6.1 through 2.7.1 insecurely uses the /tmp/git-index-private$$ file, which has a predictable name.
- Record
CVE-2025-61659- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-377
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:15770-1No score
bash-git-prompt-2.7.1-4.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the bash-git-prompt-2.7.1-4.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:15770-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:20130-1No score
Security update for bash-git-prompt
This update for bash-git-prompt fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2025-61659: Fixed an issue where predictable files in /tmp were used for a copy of the git index (bsc#1247489)
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:20130-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
bash-git-promptopenSUSE:Tumbleweed | before 2.7.1-4.1 | 2.7.1-4.1 |
bash-git-promptopenSUSE:Leap 16.0 | before 2.7.1-bp160.2.1 | 2.7.1-bp160.2.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-61659 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Magicmonty Bash-git-prompt, published September 29, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.14%, the 3rd percentile. Fixed in bash-git-prompt 2.7.1-4.1.