CVE-2025-68941 json
Gitea mishandles access to a private resource upon receiving an API token with scope limited to public resources
published 2025-12-26 10 mo ago modified 2026-10-13 27 d ago also BIT-gitea-2025-68941 , EUVD-2025-205408 , GHSA-xfq3-qj7j-4565 , GO-2025-4268
- cvss
- 4.9
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Gitea before 1.22.3 mishandles access to a private resource upon receiving an API token with scope limited to public resources.
Patch / fix
- go code.gitea.io/gitea 1.22.3
- bitnami gitea 1.22.3
- Gitea Gitea 1.22.3
- 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
- github.com/go-gitea/gitea#32218 pull request
- github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.22.3 release
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-2025-68941 updated cvss 4.9
gitea: Gitea: Unauthorized access to private resources via public-scoped API tokens
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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 planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 10 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| OSV | 3.1 | 4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | code.gitea.io/gitea | <1.22.3 |
1.22.3 |
| bitnami | gitea | <1.22.3 |
1.22.3 |
Affected products
- Gitea Gitea
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
References
-
github.com
/go-gitea/gitea/pull/32218
web, issue-tracking, patch
-
blog.gitea.com
/release-of-1.22.3/
release-notes, article
-
github.com
/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.22.3
web, release-notes, article
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68941
advisory, web
-
blog.gitea.com
/release-of-1.22.3
web
-
github.com
/go-gitea/gitea
package
-
github.com
/advisories/GHSA-xfq3-qj7j-4565
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-68941
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-xfq3-qj7j-4565
- NVD CVE-2025-68941
- OSV BIT-gitea-2025-68941
- OSV GO-2025-4268
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