Forgejo before 13.0.2 allows attackers to write to unintended files, and possibly obtain…
Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-61Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Forgejo before 13.0.2 allows attackers to write to unintended files, and possibly obtain server shell access, because of mishandling of out-of-repository symlink destinations for template repositories. This is also fixed for 11 LTS in 11.0.7 and later.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00501 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Forgejo (Forgejo): 13.0.2, 11.0.7
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Forgejo (Forgejo) Fixed in 13.0.2, 11.0.7
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-68937
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7mhf-6fhv-c83c
References
Other 6
- https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/release-notes-published/13.0.2.md
- https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/release-notes-published/11.0.7.md
- https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/milestone/29156
- https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/milestone/27340
- https://codeberg.org/forgejo/security-announcements/issues/43
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.24.7/
More Forgejo vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-83009 Forgejo server-side request forgery via OpenID Discovery CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-83010 Path traversal in Forgejo restore-repo lets attackers read files CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2026-83011 Forgejo API lets authenticated users read other users' SSH keys CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-60375 Forgejo before 16.0.4 allows remote code execution via a crafted template repository… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-42282 Forgejo < 15.0.3 - Stored XSS via Actions Run Full Name Rendering CVSS 4.0LOW 2.1
- TI-2023-27308 In Forgejo before 1.20.5-1, certain endpoints do not check whether an object belongs to a… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2025-68937 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-68937 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7mhf-6fhv-c83c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-68937 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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