What is CVE-2025-68938?

CVE-2025-68938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitea, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-12-26.

How severe is CVE-2025-68938?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Gitea

CVE-2025-68938

Gitea before 1.25.2 mishandles authorization for deletion of releases.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2025-12-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Gitea — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.2/ (Release Notes)
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.2 (Release Notes)
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36002/commits/d4262131b39899d9e9ee5caa2635c810d4… (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-68938?: CVE-2025-68938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitea, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-12-26.
How severe is CVE-2025-68938?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.