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)

Published 2025-08-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Axosoft Gitkraken Desktop — versions 10.8.0, 11.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

github.com/r3ggi/electroniz3r (Not Applicable)
www.electronjs.org/blog/statement-run-as-node-cves (Mitigation)
packetstorm.news/files/id/207677 (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.