CVE-2025-69413

In Gitea before 1.25.2, /api/v1/user has different responses for failed authentication depending on whether a username exists.

Published: 2026-01-01 Last update: 2026-01-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-69413 is rated Low Risk (23.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-69413

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 2026-02-18 0.07% 0.03% -0.04%
2 2026-01-01 — 0.07% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-69413

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-69413

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-69413

GHSA-pc73-rj2c-wvf9 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: go — Gitea's /api/v1/user endpoint has different responses for failed authentication depending on whether a username exists

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-69413

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2025-69413: 1 source package rows (gitea); 41 state rows across 2 repos (3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 41. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-69413
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-69413

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-69413

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gitea gitea < 1.25.2 cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*

References for CVE-2025-69413

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