---
id: CVE-2025-68938
title: Gitea before 1.25.2 mishandles authorization for deletion of releases.
summary: Gitea before 1.25.2 mishandles authorization for deletion of releases.
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-863
vendor: gitea
product: gitea
affected:
  - gitea < 1.25.2
patched:
  - gitea 1.25.2
published: '2025-12-26'
updated: '2026-10-13'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-13T10:10:00.193'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68938'
references:
  - url: 'https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.2/'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36002/commits/d4262131b39899d9e9ee5caa2635c810d476e43f#diff-8962bac89952027d50fa51f31f59d65bedb4c02bde0265eced5cf256cbed306d
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.2'
    label: cve@mitre.org
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.0038
epssPercentile: 0.29987
ingestedAt: '2026-10-13T10:22:03.522Z'
---

## Overview

Gitea before 1.25.2 mishandles authorization for deletion of releases.

## Affected

- `gitea < 1.25.2`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `gitea 1.25.2`