CVE-2025-68944: gitea Confused Deputy
Analyzed
AliasesGHSA-f85h-c7m6-cfpmBIT-gitea-2025-68944GO-2025-4264
Published 26-12-2025Last modified 26-12-2025
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-68944 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Confused Deputy vulnerability in gitea. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)EPSS score
0.28%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 26-12-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 26-12-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Gitea before 1.22.2 sometimes mishandles the propagation of token scope for access control within one of its own package registries.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 versionMedium 5.3Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NSources3 sources · 5.0–5.3
- CVE.orgCNA5.0MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:NDiffers
- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated5.0MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.28%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
19%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.28% on 22-09-2026
22-09-202622-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Code.gitea.io1 product
- gitea< 1.22.2
Gitea1 product
- gitea< 1.22.2
2 vendors · 2 products
References
7 links- blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.22.2/Release Notes
- github.com/go-gitea/giteaPACKAGE