---
id: CVE-2025-68940
title: >-
  In Gitea before 1.22.5, branch deletion permissions are not adequately
  enforced after merging a pull request.
summary: >-
  In Gitea before 1.22.5, branch deletion permissions are not adequately
  enforced after merging a pull request.
severity: low
cvss: 3.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-863
vendor: gitea
product: gitea
affected:
  - gitea < 1.22.5
patched:
  - gitea 1.22.5
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-2025-68940'
references:
  - url: 'https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.22.5/'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/32654'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.22.5'
    label: cve@mitre.org
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00272
epssPercentile: 0.1811
ingestedAt: '2026-10-13T10:22:03.522Z'
---

## Overview

In Gitea before 1.22.5, branch deletion permissions are not adequately enforced after merging a pull request.

## Affected

- `gitea < 1.22.5`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `gitea 1.22.5`