CVE-2025-68940

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

Published: 2025-12-26 Last update: 2026-01-02 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-68940 is rated Low Risk (14.1/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-68940

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-26 — 0.02% —

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-68940

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.1 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.6 1.4 [email protected]
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-68940

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-68940

GHSA-rrcw-5rjv-vj26 · Severity: low · Ecosystem: go — Gitea doesn't adequately enforce branch deletion permissions after merging a pull request.

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-68940

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2025-68940: 1 source package rows (gitea); 28 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 28. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-68940
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68940
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-68940 medium priority: Ubuntu has no source package entries, 0 status rows across 0 suites (none): no status rows. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68940

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-68940

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gitea gitea < 1.22.5 cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*

References for CVE-2025-68940

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