CVE-2025-68937 is a critical vulnerability affecting Forgejo versions prior to 13.0.2 and 11 LTS prior to 11.0.7. It allows attackers to write to arbitrary files and potentially gain server shell access due to improper handling of out-of-repository symlink destinations within template repositories. With a CVSS score of 9.5 (CRITICAL) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 91/100, this vulnerability presents a significant threat, requiring low attack complexity and no user interaction for a remote attacker to achieve high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the severe potential impact necessitates immediate patching.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0, < 11.0.7CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:forgejo:forgejo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.0.0, < 13.0.2CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:forgejo:forgejo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 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:X
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