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.

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact High

Subsequent System Availability Impact High

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00055.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Forgejo Subscribe
Forgejo Subscribe

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.24.7/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/milestone/27340 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/milestone/29156 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/release-notes-published/11.0.7.md cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/release-notes-published/13.0.2.md cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://codeberg.org/forgejo/security-announcements/issues/43 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68937 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68937 cve-icon
History

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title forgejo: Forgejo: Server shell access via symlink mishandling in template repositories
Weaknesses CWE-59
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 01:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Forgejo
Forgejo forgejo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:forgejo:forgejo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Forgejo
Forgejo forgejo
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Weaknesses CWE-61
References

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-26T14:51:12.778Z

Reserved: 2025-12-25T23:57:30.203Z

Link: CVE-2025-68937

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-26T14:40:09.634Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-26T00:16:01.173

Modified: 2025-12-29T15:57:37.560

Link: CVE-2025-68937

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-25T23:57:30Z

Links: CVE-2025-68937 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses