CVE-2025-68944 (GCVE-0-2025-68944)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-26 03:37 – Updated: 2025-12-26 19:28
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Gitea before 1.22.2 sometimes mishandles the propagation of token scope for access control within one of its own package registries.
Severity
5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-26 19:28 UTC
CWE
- CWE-441 - Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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