CVE-2025-30741
mediumpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 24 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Pixelfed before 0.12.5 allows anyone to follow private accounts and see private posts on other Fediverse servers. This affects users elsewhere in the Fediverse, if they otherwise have any followers from a Pixelfed instance.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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affected products (2)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-7287-grhx-542xPixelfed may allow unauthorized actor to view private posts and private users2025-03-25ghsa · osvUS
Pixelfed before 0.12.5 allows anyone to follow private accounts and see private posts on other Fediverse servers. This affects users elsewhere in the Fediverse, if they otherwise have any followers from a Pixelfed instance.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (14)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-30741cnnvd
- https://fokus.cool/2025/03/25/pixelfed-vulnerability.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/releases/tag/v0.12.5cnnvd
- https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/114215925957179498cnnvd
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43474425cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30741cnnvd
- https://fokus.cool/2025/03/25/pixelfed-vulnerability.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/releases/tag/v0.12.5enisa_euvd
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