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CVE 2025-68971 | (Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho's Knowledge Research

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On 2025-12-22, a security vulnerability CVE 2025-68971 (CVSS: 5.5/MEDIUM) was discovered in open-source Forgejo 13.0.3 application first detected on FreeBSD14 operating system. It caused the operating system went into mass-killing all system applications and services due to memory starvation as Forgejo hogged the entire operating system's available free memories for temporarily storing attachment file upload fragments. Whenever an attachment file of size greater than the operating system's entire memory can handle is uploaded by any user, the operating system has no choice but to kill all services and applications and restart its runtime. The killing includes but not limited to runtime graphical user interface and network services such as XOrg, LXQt desktop manager, Nginx reverse proxy server, and SSH server. The fallout effect is data loss and data corruption due to unexpected program termination.

On 2026-01-16, Forgejo security team patched the security vulnerability mediation in version 14.0.0 and by 2026-03-11, version 14.0.0, 14.0.1, and 14.0.2 were all tested and verified the security vulnerability was fixed. The conclusion is that the public MUST upgrade Forgejo to version 14.0.2 and above for mitigating this vulnerability.

That is all. Otherwise, this report detailed the vulnerability and its mediation data solely for archiving and educational purposes only.


Please refer to Releases section for the latest version of the report.

Verifying Content Integrity

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To secure the content from unauthorized modification by anyone down to bit-level (0|1), they are cryptographically signed using one or more cryptography tools such as but not limited to:

  • GnuPG; AND/OR
  • OpenSSL.

The public key and the associated certificate are attached. Only the main owner keeps and maintains the private keys. To verify the content's integrity:

GnuPG

  1. Install GnuPG software if not present.
  2. Download the target file and its detached signature file (the .asc file with the same filename).
  3. Download the public key file (.gpg).
  4. Place them next to each other in the directory.
  5. Open a terminal and execute the following command:
root@kitploit:~
$ gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /path/to/public.gpg --verify /path/to/file.asc

OpenSSL

  1. Install OpenSSL software if not present.
  2. Download the target file and its detached signature file (the .sig/.sign file with the same filename).
  3. Download the public certificate file (.pem) containing the public key within.
  4. Place them next to each other in the directory.
  5. Open a terminal and execute the following command:
root@kitploit:~
$ openssl dgst -verify /path/to/pubkey.pem -signature /path/to/file.sig /path/to/file

Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Decrees

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This decree defines the project’s policy on the use of Artificial Intelligence. The following sections list data lifecycle activities and indicate whether A.I. is deployed. Unless explicitly stated otherwise (e.g. deployment with specifics), A.I. is not used for these tasks.

Data Sourcing & Acquisition

[!Note]

Example activities:

  • Performing enhanced web searches due to search engine pollution by A.I. slop contents.
  • Performing completely auto-generated media such as but not limited to images, videos, and audios.
  • Multiple Large Language Model (LLM) A.I.s as the search engine for searching research materials across the Internet due to massive unwanted A.I publication slops.
  • One or more LLM A.I.s as the grammar and language corrector and enhancer for superpervised improvement against human written content.

Data Processing & Transformation

[!Note]

Example activities:

  • Performing multi-steps process development.
  • Performing data sanitization like data cleaning and data deduplication.
  • Performing data format compatibility conversion.
  • Constructing and optimizing data processing libraries.
  • Upscaling an image with neural network not achievable with conventional image manipulation technologies.
  • No deployment.

Data Storage & Security

[!Note]

Example activities:

  • Performing security and threat detection.
  • Performing Data at Rest encryption and health monitoring.
  • Performing encryption data storage management.
  • Performing automated data storage house-keeping.
  • Performing data storage devices health monitoring and mitigation.
  • No deployment.

Data Analysis & Insight Generation

[!Note]

Example activities:

  • Performing multi-steps data analytics.
  • Performing pattern detection and recognition.
  • Developing predictive modelling.
  • Developing natural language queries models.
  • Creating artificial intelligence's neural network models based on data feeds.
  • Optimizing artificial intelligence's transfer learning, hyperparameter tuning, etc.
  • No deployment.

Data Quality Validation & Assurances

[!Note]

Example activities:

  • Performing end-user use case simulated testings.
  • Performing automated sanity testings.
  • Performing penetration & security testings.
  • Performing anomaly detection testings.
  • Performing schema validations.
  • Performing automated testing of data pipelines.
  • No deployment.

Data Visualization & Reporting

[!Note]

Example activities:

  • Performing data graphical visualization creation based on data feeds.
  • Performing summarized dashboarding with graphical design and data feeds.
  • Performing report writing.
  • Performing prediction projections.
  • No deployment.

Data Governance & Compliance

[!Note]

Example activities:

  • Performing personal identifiable information (PII) filtration and removal.
  • Performing regulatory compliance checks (e.g., data filtration, censorship, removal as required by law).
  • Performing compliance monitoring and validation.
  • Performing data lineage tracking and analysis.
  • Performing data audit trail analysis.
  • No deployment.

Data Sharing & Publication

[!Note]

Example activities:

  • Performing document's metadata creation.
  • Performing document translation.
  • Processing data publication licensing and management.
  • No deployment.

Maintainers' Notes

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  1. This is a STRICTLY DECENTRALIZED SELF-SUFFICIENT git repository so all critical and maintenance data and info MUST inside this repository. Anyone has this repository can operate without any restrictions or limitations.
  2. DO NOT use git-lfs due to ambiguous and inconsistent storage allocation policies from various git service providers.
    • It will disrupt the work pipeline causing unwanted data losses downstream.
    • Some actually monetarily charge you for storage space.
  3. For repository licenses, this repo uses the unified copyright accreditations licensing approach. Hence, you should do the following:
    • For CREATORS.txt or CONTRIBUTORS.txt:
      1. CREATORS.txt are the legal entities that are responsible and own the project copyright like authors, principal designers, principal engineers, etc.
      2. CONTRIBUTORS.txt are any legal entities that contributes to the project but are not directly owning the project copyright like pull-request contributors, curators, scribers, etc. Entities from CREATORS.txt can be added here for an unified contributors list.
      3. Each files have their internal guides as comments. Please comply accordingly.
    • LICENSE.txt
      1. Update the collective aliases (e.g. The ABC Project Team) matching the project correctly. The format is the same as the ones in CREATORS.txt and CONTRIBUTORS.txt.
      2. ENSURES the entries' URLs are correctly linked to the upstream.
      3. There MUST BE 2 EMPTY lines context separator between the ownership entities list and the first line of the license first clause.
  4. Please ONLY USE AND SUPPORT the following open source image editing software for securing software supply chain from unwanted threats (e.g. vendor-locked by any expensive or proprietary software):
    • GIMP (http://gimp.org) - for rasterized graphics maintenances and exporting non-vector graphic files (e.g. .svg to .png or .jpg).
    • Inkscape (https://inkscape.org) - for vector graphics maintenances and exporting .svg plain vector files.
  5. For the artificial intelligence (A.I.):
    1. Use of A.I. IS ALLOWED INTERNALLY as long as:
      • You as a legal entity (e.g. person|organization) BEARS FULLY LEGAL REPONSIBILITIES for ALL your signed-off commitment.
      • Non-legal entities (e.g. bot|AI account|shadow account|alternate account) ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED FROM ANY SIGNED-OFF COMMITMENT.
      • Update the A.I Decree section accordingly on any use of any kind of A.I.
    2. For any non-supervised or unatteneded automation; or "vibe" commitments, to comply with the previous, please REJECT ALL WITH PREJUDICE AND BLOCK THE ENTITY WHEN NECESSARY.

License

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  • Agreed GIMP License
  • Agreed GIMP Privacy Policy
  • Agreed Inkscape License
  • Agreed Inkscape Privacy Policy

This entire repository is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To ensure better understanding of this license, the following sub-sections will briefly describe how to deploy the content.

For registered non-profit organizations (NGO), you are considered a Commercial Entity the same as any for-profit organization by default. However, you will be eligible for the NGO disbursement grant and receive exception privileges from the creator(s).

Attribution

Unless otherwise specified in writing, you MUST attribute back to the creator(s) as follows:

root@kitploit:~
Title: CVE 2025-68971
Creators: (Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho
Packaged-By: (Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho
Contact: [email protected]
SKU: chewkeanho-research-cve-2025-68971
UUID: D44E82C4-7EEF-436A-85FD-883062554B67
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18932933
CVE: CVE-2025-68971
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0)
Repository Made On: 2026-03-10
Repository Made From: Malaysia, South East Asia
Procure: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18932933

Ownership - Personal

[!NOTE]

This targets any customer wanting to own a copy of the content and then only he/she is using it without sharing with any 3rd-party entity; AND WITHOUT any monetary intention such as but not limited to:

  • Saving a local copy and then viewing via his/her own mobile device(s); OR
  • Saving a local copy and then viewing via his/her own personal computer; OR
  • Saving a local copy for artificial intelligence data training purposes.

You are ALLOWED provided that you STRICTLY COMPLY with the license attribution.

Ownership - Commercial

[!NOTE]

This targets any customer wanting to own a copy of the content and then only he/she is using it without sharing with any 3rd-party entity; AND WITH any monetary intention such as but not limited to:

  • Saving a local copy for enhancing his/her company's procurement list; OR
  • Saving a local copy for commercial artificial intelligence data training purposes.

You are ALLOWED provided that you STRICTLY COMPLY with the license attribution.

Reference - Personal & Commercial

[!NOTE]

This targets any customer wanting to refer or to provide a guide for sourcing the original content for any 3rd-party entity without directly displaying any portion of the original content; WITHOUT any monetary intention such as but not limited to:

  • Academic research and paper writing; OR
  • New content creation linking to the original content WITHOUT displaying any of the original content for his/her own streaming platform; OR
  • Content production and collection linking to original content WITHOUT displaying any of the original content; OR
  • Web portfolio project linking to the original content WITHOUT displaying any of the original content; OR
  • Event materials linking the original content WITHOUT displaying any of the original content; OR
  • Meeting materials linking the original content WITHOUT displaying any of the original content; OR
  • Advertisement contents linking the original content WITHOUT displaying any of the original content.

You are ALLOWED provided that you STRICTLY COMPLY with the license attribution.

Integration - Personal

[!NOTE]

This targets any customer wanting to directly display portions and NOT ALL of the original content as it is OR without any composing remixes or modifications retaining the original intent, art direction and messages into his/her content creation; WITHOUT any monetary intention such as but not limited to:

  • New content creation with displaying portion(s) of the original content for his/her own streaming platform without any monetary gain; OR
  • Content production and collection with displaying portion(s) of the original content without any monetary gain; OR
  • Web portfolio project with displaying portion(s) of the original content without any monetary gain; OR
  • Event materials with displaying portion(s) of the original content without any monetary gain; OR
  • Meeting materials with displaying portion(s) of the original content without any monetary gain.

You are ALLOWED provided that you STRICTLY COMPLY with the license attribution.

Integration - Commercial

[!NOTE]

This targets any customer wanting to directly display portions and NOT ALL of the original content as it is OR without any composing remixes or modifications retaining the original intent, art direction and messages into his/her content creation; WITH any monetary intention such as but not limited to:

  • New content creation with displaying portion(s) of the original content for his/her own streaming platform; OR
  • Content production and collection with displaying portion(s) of the original content; OR
  • Web portfolio project with displaying portion(s) of the original content; OR
  • Event materials with displaying portion(s) of the original content; OR
  • Meeting materials with displaying portion(s) of the original content; OR
  • Advertisement materials with displaying portion(s) of the original content.

You are ALLOWED provided that you STRICTLY COMPLY with the license attribution.

Composition Remix - Personal

[!NOTE]

This targets any customer wanting to own and then modify the original content extensively preserving or altering the original intent, art direction, or message for composing his/her new content creation; WITHOUT any monetary intention such as but not limited to:

  • New content creation with digitally modified and processed original content integration for his/her own streaming platform WITHOUT any profits including advertisement commission; OR
  • Personal content production and collection with digitally modified and processed original content integration for his/her own streaming platform WITHOUT any profits including advertisement commission; OR
  • Personal web portfolio project with digitally modified and processed original content integration for his/her own streaming platform WITHOUT any profits including advertisement commission; OR
  • Social media meme content creation with digitally modified and processed original content integration for his/her own streaming platform WITHOUT any profits including advertisement commission.

You are NOT ALLOWED due to the license restriction.

Composition Remix - Commercial

[!NOTE]

This targets any customer wanting to own and then modify the original content extensively preserving or altering the original intent, art direction, or message for composing his/her new content creation; WITH any monetary intention such as but not limited to:

  • New content creation with digitally modified and processed original content integration for his/her own streaming platform; OR
  • Personal content production and collection with digitally modified and processed original content integration for his/her own streaming platform; OR
  • Personal web portfolio project with digitally modified and processed original content integration for his/her own streaming platform; OR
  • Social media meme content creation with digitally modified and processed original content integration for his/her own streaming platform.

You are NOT ALLOWED due to the license restriction.

Broadcast or Resell Redistribution - Personal

[!NOTE]

This targets any customer wanting to share, to broadcast, to re-distribute, to sell, or to re-sell the original, modified, OR derived content WITHOUT any monetary intention such as but not limited to:

  • Sharing with family members; OR
  • Streaming the content via any streaming platform with private viewer access; OR
  • Displaying the content in his/her gallery with privately invited guests; OR
  • Displaying the content in private, free entry open spaces like living room; OR
  • Owning a copy of the original content and serving it as downloadable content on a website in a private network (e.g. self-hosted home network); OR
  • Sharing the original content across social media or messaging applications like email or instant messenger.

You are ALLOWED provided that you STRICTLY COMPLY with the license attribution.

Broadcast or Resell Redistribution - Commercial

[!NOTE]

This targets any customer wanting to share, to broadcast, to re-distribute, to sell, or to re-sell the original, modified, OR derived content WITH any monetary intention such as but not limited to:

  • Streaming the content via any streaming platform with public or private viewer access; OR
  • Displaying the content in any company's public events with free or payable guest invites; OR
  • Displaying the content in any company's internal/private events with free or payable guest invites; OR
  • Owning a copy of the original content and serving it as free OR payable downloadable content on his/her website in any network (Internet, Intranet, or private networks); OR
  • Sharing the original content across social media or messaging applications like email or instant messenger; OR
  • Distributing the original content via multiple profit-earning streaming platforms.

You are ALLOWED provided that you STRICTLY COMPLY with the license attribution.

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