VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2025-68937
Forgejo before 13.0.2 allows attackers to write to unintended files, and possibly obtain server shell access, because of mishandling of out-of-repository symlink destinations for template repositories.
CRITICAL 9.5EPSS 0.50%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Forgejo before 13.0.2 allows attackers to write to unintended files, and possibly obtain server shell access, because of mishandling of out-of-repository symlink destinations for template repositories. This is also fixed for 11 LTS in 11.0.7 and later.
- CVSS 4.0
- 9.5 CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.50% probability · 42th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-61
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.24.7/
- https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/milestone/27340
- https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/milestone/29156
- https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/release-notes-published/11.0.7.md
- https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/release-notes-published/13.0.2.md
- https://codeberg.org/forgejo/security-announcements/issues/43
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.