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TI-2025-41729 Aliases CVE-2025-68148

FreshRSS globally denies access to feed via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After

Priority HIGH 66CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. From version 1.27.0 to before 1.28.0, An attacker could globally deny access to feeds via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After for a large list of feeds on given instance, making it unusable for majority of users. This issue has been patched in version 1.28.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0046 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed FreshRSS (FreshRSS): 1.28.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
FreshRSSFreshRSS1.27.0 to before 1.28.01.28.0Patch availableCNA
  • FreshRSS VendorFreshRSS Affected 1.27.0 to before 1.28.0 Fixed in 1.28.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freshrss:freshrss:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.27.0 to before 1.28.0VulnerableFreshRSS
  • cpe:2.3:a:freshrss:freshrss:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.27.0 to before 1.28.0 Vulnerable ·FreshRSS

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA FreshRSS (FreshRSS) Fixed in 1.28.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-68148

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Other 1

  • TI-2025-34609 FreshRSS: Unauthorized creation of admin user when registration is enabled CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-34363 FreshRSS has Incomplete Session Termination on Logout CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2025-38485 FreshRSS has an IDOR which allows for viewing feeds of any user and leaking tokens CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-34362 FreshRSS: Unauthenticated users can view default user's information CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-38032 FreshRSS is vulnerable to directory enumeration by setting path in its theme field CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2025-37337 FreshRSS has Logout CSRF that Leads to DoS via <track src> CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
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Sources

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