CVE-2025-68940

mediumpriority · track · 21OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 19 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.27% (19th) EPSS

CVSS 5.3 · medium

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In Gitea before 1.22.5, branch deletion permissions are not adequately enforced after merging a pull request.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.1–5.3

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.13.1lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.13.1lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · cve@mitre.org USexploitability 1.6 · impact 1.4

v3.13.1lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-863USCWE-863US

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source Gitea <1.25.2all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Gitea< 1.25.2cert_bundDE
Gitea Gitea0 → 1.22.5enisa_euvdEU
gitea gitea< 1.22.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami gitea< 1.22.5osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitea
Go code.gitea.io/gitea< 1.22.5osvUSpkg:golang/code.gitea.io/gitea

advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-2925Gitea: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-12-28csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Gitea ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen, und um Dateien zu manipulieren.
GHSA-rrcw-5rjv-vj26Gitea doesn't adequately enforce branch deletion permissions after merging a pull request.2025-12-26ghsa · osvUS
In Gitea before 1.22.5, branch deletion permissions are not adequately enforced after merging a pull request.
BIT-gitea-2025-689402026-01-03vendor · osvUS
In Gitea before 1.22.5, branch deletion permissions are not adequately enforced after merging a pull request.
GO-2025-4267Gitea doesn't adequately enforce branch deletion permissions after merging a pull request. in code.gitea.io/gitea2025-12-30vendor · osvUS
Gitea doesn't adequately enforce branch deletion permissions after merging a pull request. in code.gitea.io/gitea

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-12-26modified 2026-06-17

references (11)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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