CVE-2025-68938 json
Gitea mishandles authorization for deletion of releases
published 2025-12-26 10 mo ago modified 2026-10-13 27 d ago also BIT-gitea-2025-68938 , EUVD-2025-205406 , GHSA-cm54-pfmc-xrwx , GO-2025-4258
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Gitea before 1.25.2 mishandles authorization for deletion of releases.
Patch / fix
- go code.gitea.io/gitea 1.25.2
- bitnami gitea 1.25.2
- Gitea Gitea 1.25.2
- govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 15.6 0.0.20251230T014957-150000.1.134.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:0037-1
- govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2025-68938 updated cvss 5.4
gitea: incorrect authorization for deletion of releases
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Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-cli-rhel8, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-cli-rhel9, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-watcher-rhel8, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-watcher-rhel9, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-webhook-rhel8, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-webhook-rhel9, +2 moreaffected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
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CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 10 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| OSV | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | code.gitea.io/gitea | <1.25.2 |
1.25.2 |
| bitnami | gitea | <1.25.2 |
1.25.2 |
Affected products
- Gitea Gitea
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
References
-
github.com
/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36002/commits/d4262131b39899d9e9ee5caa2635c810d476e43f#diff-8962bac89952027d50fa51f31f59d
web, patch
-
blog.gitea.com
/release-of-1.25.2/
release-notes, article
-
github.com
/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.2
web, release-notes, article
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68938
advisory, web
-
blog.gitea.com
/release-of-1.25.2
web
-
github.com
/go-gitea/gitea
package
-
github.com
/advisories/GHSA-cm54-pfmc-xrwx
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-68938
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-cm54-pfmc-xrwx
- NVD CVE-2025-68938
- OSV BIT-gitea-2025-68938
- OSV GO-2025-4258
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