CVE-2026-25712: Gitea organization permission APIs expose private visibility information
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-25712 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Access Control vulnerability in gitea gitea open source git server. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 0% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3Timeline
- 03-07-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-07-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Gitea versions before 1.25.5 have insufficient visibility checks in organization permission APIs for hidden members and private organizations.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.48%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
42%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.48% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Code.gitea.io1 product
- gitea< 1.25.5
Gitea1 product
- gitea open source git server< 1.25.5
2 vendors · 2 products
References
10 links- blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.5/Release Notes
- github.com/go-gitea/giteaPACKAGE