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

MEDIUM 5.3CVE-2025-68940 · BIT-gitea-2025-68940 · GHSA-rrcw-5rjv-vj26 · Published 26/12/2025 · updated 13/10/2026

In short

CVE-2025-68940 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability affecting code.gitea.io/gitea, gitea (gitea).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.27%, higher than 19.7% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.22.5 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
code.gitea.io/gitea Go	`< 1.22.5`	`1.22.5`
gitea gitea	`< 1.22.5`	`1.22.5`

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

NVD description

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

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

< 1.22.5

1.22.5

< 1.22.5

1.22.5

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