Vulnerability · CVE-2025-68939
Gitea before 1.23.0 allows attackers to add attachments with forbidden file extensions by editing an attachment name via an attachment API.
Published Dec 26, 2025 · catalog updated Nov 3, 2026 · Gitea Gitea
Last checked Nov 4, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-68939. EPSS is 0.33%. Act only if a listed version of Gitea Gitea is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
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- Severity
- High8.2
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.33%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- Go code.gitea.io/gitea · vendor Gitea Gitea 0 <1.23.0
Gitea before 1.23.0 allows attackers to add attachments with forbidden file extensions by editing an attachment name via an attachment API.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- Go code.gitea.io/gitea0 → 1.23.0-rc0
- vendor Gitea Gitea 0 <1.23.00 <1.23.0
How to fix CVE-2025-68939
Upgrade
CVE-2025-68939 lists a fix boundary at 1.23.0-rc0. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Fixed in 1.23.0-rc0 · 1 other ranges on the advisory
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-68939. EPSS is 0.33%. Act only if a listed version of Gitea Gitea is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Gitea Gitea 0 <1.23.0 0 <1.23.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-424. EPSS 0.33%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Dec 26, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
Gitea before 1.23.0 allows attackers to add attachments with forbidden file extensions by editing an attachment name via an attachment API.
Dec 26, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
Gitea before 1.23.0 allows attackers to add attachments with forbidden file extensions by editing an attachment name via an attachment API.
Nov 3, 2026 · Go Vulnerability Database
Fix available
code.gitea.io/gitea fixed in 1.23.0-rc0
Nov 3, 2026 · Go Vulnerability Database
Fix available
code.gitea.io/gitea fixed in 1.23.0-rc0
Nov 3, 2026 · Go Vulnerability Database
Updated
Gitea before 1.23.0 allows attackers to add attachments with forbidden file extensions by editing an attachment name via an attachment API.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-68939
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-68939
30-day exploitation probability 0.33%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-205411
Gitea before 1.23.0 allows attackers to add attachments with forbidden file extensions by editing an attachment name via an attachment API.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu - Go Vulnerability DatabasePackage advisoryGHSA-263q-5cv3-xq9g
Gitea allows attackers to add attachments with forbidden file extensions
osv.dev
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Nov 2, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- Go Vulnerability DatabaseNov 4, 2026
- FIRST EPSSNov 2, 2026
- CVE.orgNov 2, 2026
- EUVDNov 1, 2026