What is CVE-2025-68971?

CVE-2025-68971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2025-68971?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-68971 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in N/a

CVE-2025-68971

In Forgejo through 13.0.3, the attachment component allows a denial of service by uploading a multi-gigabyte file attachment (e.g., to be associated with an issue or a release).

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.005 (38.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ChewKeanHo/research-cve-2025-68971

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-68971?: CVE-2025-68971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2025-68971?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-68971 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.