---
id: CVE-2025-68148
title: 'FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator'
summary: >-
  FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. From version 1.27.0 to
  before 1.28.0, An attacker could globally deny access to feeds via proxy
  modifying to 429 Retry-After for a large list of feeds on given instance,
  making it unusabl…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-770
vendor: freshrss
product: freshrss
affected:
  - 'freshrss >= 1.27.0, < 1.28.0'
patched:
  - freshrss 1.28.0
published: '2025-12-27'
updated: '2026-10-13'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-13T09:10:00.323'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68148'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/commit/7d4854a0a4f5665db599f18c34035786465639f3
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/8029'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/GHSA-qw34-frg7-gf78
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/GHSA-qw34-frg7-gf78
    label: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.0046
epssPercentile: 0.37975
ingestedAt: '2026-10-13T09:20:23.159Z'
---

## Overview

FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. From version 1.27.0 to before 1.28.0, An attacker could globally deny access to feeds via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After for a large list of feeds on given instance, making it unusable for majority of users. This issue has been patched in version 1.28.0.

## Affected

- `freshrss >= 1.27.0, < 1.28.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `freshrss 1.28.0`