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CVE-2025-68940

LOWFix: go-gitea/gitea#32654

CVE-2025-68940 is a low-severity (CVSS 3.1) CWE-863 vulnerability in code.gitea.io/gitea. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2025-68940 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

Gitea doesn't adequately enforce branch deletion permissions after merging a pull request.

Also known asBIT-gitea-2025-68940GHSA-rrcw-5rjv-vj26GO-2025-4267
Published
Dec 26, 2025
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Aug 5, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
🐹code.gitea.io/gitea

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

In Gitea before 1.22.5, branch deletion permissions are not adequately enforced after merging a pull request.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐹Gocode.gitea.io/giteaall versions1.22.5

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for code.gitea.io/gitea. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update code.gitea.io/gitea to 1.22.5 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-68940 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2025-68940 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to CVE-2025-68940. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

In Gitea before 1.22.5, branch deletion permissions are not adequately enforced after merging a pull request.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is CVE-2025-68940 in your dependencies?

O3 detects CVE-2025-68940 across Go dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.