CVE 9.5 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-68937_CVE-2025-68937

December 25, 2025 invoker category_cve

9.5 / 10

CRITICAL

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

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.

AI Analysis

Mishandling of out-of-repository symlink destinations for template repositories allows attackers to write to unintended files, and possibly obtain server shell access.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-68937

Source mitre

Published Dec 25, 2025 at 23:57

Modified Dec 26, 2025 at 00:16

Affected Product

Vendor Forgejo

Product Forgejo

Version 12.0.0

Affected Versions Forgejo Forgejo 12.0.0
Forgejo Forgejo 0

CWE Classification

CWE-61

AI Assessment

AI Score 9.5 / 10

AI Severity Critical

Vendor Forgejo

Product Forgejo

Version 12.0.0, before 13.0.2, 11 LTS before 11.0.7

References

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