TI-2025-42856 Aliases CVE-2025-69413 GHSA-pc73-rj2c-wvf9

In Gitea before 1.25.2, /api/v1/user has different responses for failed authentication…

LOW 30CWE-204Published 2026-01-01 · Updated 2026-01-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · None · None
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-204.

Summary

In Gitea before 1.25.2, /api/v1/user has different responses for failed authentication depending on whether a username exists.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00387 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Gitea (Gitea): 1.25.2code.gitea.io/gitea (Go): 1.25.2Red Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Gitea	Gitea	before 1.25.2	1.25.2	Patch available	CNA
—	code.gitea.io/gitea (Go)	before 1.25.2	1.25.2	Patch available	GHSA-pc73-rj2c-wvf9

Gitea VendorGitea Affected before 1.25.2 Fixed in 1.25.2 Patch available CNA
code.gitea.io/gitea (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.25.2 Fixed in 1.25.2 Patch available GHSA-pc73-rj2c-wvf9

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea::::::-::*	before 1.25.2	Vulnerable	Gitea

cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:* Versions before 1.25.2 Vulnerable ·Gitea

Remediation

Fix · CNA Gitea (Gitea) Fixed in 1.25.2
Fix · GHSA-pc73-rj2c-wvf9 code.gitea.io/gitea (Go) Fixed in 1.25.2 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
OpenShift Pipelines	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-69413
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pc73-rj2c-wvf9

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36002

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69413

Other 5

TI-2026-42785 Gitea before 1.27.1 allows remote code execution via the diffpatch API through Git hook installation. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-11072 The git hook feature in Gitea 1.1.0 through 1.12.5 might allow for authenticated remote… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
TI-2022-12910 Gitea before 1.16.7 does not escape git fetch remote. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2019-08404 models/repo_mirror.go in Gitea before 1.7.6 and 1.8.x before 1.8-RC3 mishandles mirror… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-00955 Open Redirect on login in go-gitea/gitea CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2026-68968 Push-to-create bypass of FORCE_PRIVATE policy in Gitea CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

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