Medium severity · published Dec 26, 2025
CVE-2025-68938
Gitea before 1.25.2 mishandles authorization for deletion of releases
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Gitea before 1.25.2 mishandles authorization for deletion of releases.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
Gitea · Gitea
before 1.25.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68938
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68938
Release Notes
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.2/
Patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36002/commits/d4262131b39899d9e9ee5caa2635c810d476e43f#diff-8962bac89952027d50fa51f31f59d65bedb4c02bde0265eced5cf256cbed306d
Release Notes
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.2
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