What is CVE-2025-68940?

CVE-2025-68940 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitea, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2025-12-26.

How severe is CVE-2025-68940?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Gitea

CVE-2025-68940

In Gitea before 1.22.5, branch deletion permissions are not adequately enforced after merging a pull request.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

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

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 17.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Gitea — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.22.5/ (Release Notes)
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.22.5 (Release Notes)
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/32654 (Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-68940?: CVE-2025-68940 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitea, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2025-12-26.
How severe is CVE-2025-68940?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.