What is CVE-2025-51387?

CVE-2025-51387 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Axosoft Gitkraken Desktop, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-08-04.

How severe is CVE-2025-51387?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Axosoft Gitkraken Desktop

CVE-2025-51387

The GitKraken Desktop 10.8.0 and 11.1.0 is susceptible to code injection due to misconfigured Electron Fuses. Specifically, the following insecure settings were observed: RunAsNode is enabled and EnableNodeCliInspectArguments is not disabled. These configurations allow the application to be executed in Node.js mode, enabling attackers to pass arguments that result in arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.005 (42.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Axosoft Gitkraken_desktop — versions 10.8.0, 11.1.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Not Applicable)
cve@mitre.org (Mitigation)
cve@mitre.org (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-51387?: CVE-2025-51387 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Axosoft Gitkraken Desktop, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2025-51387?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.