CVE-2025-68937
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...
- Published
- Dec 25, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 26, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 4.0
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 41.5%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
2- CVE-2025-68937Exploit
Automated PoC exploit for CVE-2025-68937 — Gitea/Forgejo Template Symlink RCE. Any authenticated user can get a shell as the git service user.
Directory traversal in Gitea and Forgejo's repository‑template processing allows remote authenticated attackers to process arbitrary files on the filesystem, leading to remote code execution.
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