Gitea allows attackers to add attachments with forbidden file extensions

MEDIUM 5.3CVE-2025-68939 · BIT-gitea-2025-68939 · GHSA-263q-5cv3-xq9g · Published 26/12/2025 · updated 13/10/2026

In short

CVE-2025-68939 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability affecting code.gitea.io/gitea, gitea (gitea).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.33%, higher than 26.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.23.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
code.gitea.io/gitea Go	`all versions`	No fix yet
gitea gitea	`< 1.23.0`	`1.23.0`

Gitea before 1.23.0 allows attackers to add attachments with forbidden file extensions by editing an attachment name via an attachment API.

NVD description

Gitea before 1.23.0 allows attackers to add attachments with forbidden file extensions by editing an attachment name via an attachment API.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

all versions

No fix yet

< 1.23.0

1.23.0

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