Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-68939

High

Published: 26 December 2025

Published
26 December 2025
Modified
02 January 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0029 21.0th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-68939 is a high-severity Improper Protection of Alternate Path (CWE-424) vulnerability in Gitea Gitea. Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 21.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Gitea before 1.23.0 allows attackers to add attachments with forbidden file extensions by editing an attachment name via an attachment API.

CWE(s)
CWE-424

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

gitea
gitea
≤ 1.23.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

AC-17 Remote Access
addresses: CWE-424

Documenting requirements and authorizing remote access ensures proper protection of alternate paths.

References