5.3

CVE-2025-69413: gitea Observable Response Discrepancy

Analyzed
AliasesGHSA-pc73-rj2c-wvf9BIT-gitea-2025-69413GO-2026-4274
Published 01-01-2026Last modified 05-01-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-69413 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Observable Response Discrepancy vulnerability in gitea. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.39%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 01-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

32%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.01 pp

From 0.39% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Code.gitea.io1 product
  • gitea< 1.25.2
Gitea1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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