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CVE-2025-68938

Published: Dec 26, 2025Updated: Jan 2, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-863
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 73.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Gitea before 1.25.2 mishandles authorization for deletion of releases.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-863

Affected Products

giteagitea
On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / source-control
GiteaGitea
On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / source-control
code.gitea.io/giteaGoOSS Libraries
OpenShift PipelinesRed Hat Inc.
SaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
giteaoss-projectDevTools & CIaka gitea open source git server, gitea
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
and 1 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
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References

https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.2/
blog.gitea.com
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36002/commits/d4262131b39899d9e9ee5caa2635c810d476e43f#diff-8962bac89952027d50fa51f31f59d65bedb4c02bde0265eced5cf256cbed306d
github.com
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.2
github.com
and 6 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Dec 26, 2025
Last Updated
Jan 2, 2026

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