What is CVE-2025-69413?

CVE-2025-69413 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitea, classified under Observable Response Discrepancy. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-01-01.

How severe is CVE-2025-69413?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gitea

CVE-2025-69413

In Gitea before 1.25.2, /api/v1/user has different responses for failed authentication depending on whether a username exists.

Published 2026-01-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 30.1% 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-204 — Observable Response Discrepancy

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/issues/35984 (Issue Tracking)
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36002 (Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-69413?: CVE-2025-69413 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitea, classified under Observable Response Discrepancy. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-01-01.
How severe is CVE-2025-69413?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.