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Critical severity · published Dec 25, 2025
CVE-2025-68937
Forgejo before 13.0.2 allows attackers to write to unintended files, and possibly obtain server shell access, because of mishandling of out-of-repository symlink destinations for…
9.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Forgejo before 13.0.2 allows attackers to write to unintended files, and possibly obtain server shell access, because of mishandling of out-of-repository symlink destinations for template repositories. This is also fixed for 11 LTS in 11.0.7 and later.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
Forgejo · Forgejo
12.0.0 before 13.0.2; before 11.0.7 · source: vendor
Affected product
FO
Forgejo
Forgejo
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68937
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68937
blog.gitea.com
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.24.7/
codeberg.org
https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/milestone/27340
codeberg.org
https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/milestone/29156
codeberg.org
https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/release-notes-published/11.0.7.md
codeberg.org
https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/release-notes-published/13.0.2.md
codeberg.org
https://codeberg.org/forgejo/security-announcements/issues/43
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