Gitea before 1.25.2 mishandles authorization for deletion of releases.
Problem type
Affected products
Gitea
< 1.25.2 - AFFECTED
References
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.2/
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.2
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36002/commits/d4262131b39899d9e9ee5caa2635c810d476e43f#diff-8962bac89952027d50fa51f31f59d65bedb4c02bde0265eced5cf256cbed306d
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-cm54-pfmc-xrwx
Gitea before 1.25.2 mishandles authorization for deletion of releases.
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cm54-pfmc-xrwxGitea before 1.25.2 mishandles authorization for deletion of releases.
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68938
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36002/commits/d4262131b39899d9e9ee5caa2635c810d476e43f#diff-8962bac89952027d50fa51f31f59d65bedb4c02bde0265eced5cf256cbed306d
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.2
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.2
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cm54-pfmc-xrwx
JSON source
https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2025-68938Click to expand
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