In Forgejo through 13.0.3, the attachment component allows a denial of service by uploading a multi-gigabyte file attachment (e.g., to be a…

published 2026-03-16 7 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-208771

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits: 0; none known

In Forgejo through 13.0.3, the attachment component allows a denial of service by uploading a multi-gigabyte file attachment (e.g., to be associated with an issue or a release).

Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2025-68971 updated 2026-06-28 cvss 6.5

forgejo: Forgejo: Denial of Service via large file attachment upload

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 7 mo ago (2026-03-17)

Exploit prediction

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

Weakness

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-68971
NVD CVE-2025-68971

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Summary