SCA: security update for code.gitea.io/gitea (GHSA-898p-hh3p-hf9r)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 436499

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Gitea before 1.22.2 allows XSS because the search input box (for creating tags and branches) is v-html
instead of v-text. (CVE-2025-68942)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-898p-hh3p-hf9r

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 436499

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 12/27/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.42

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68942

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/26/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68942

cwe: CWE-79