SCA: security update for code.gitea.io/gitea (GHSA-263q-5cv3-xq9g)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 478271

Description

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

- Gitea before 1.23.0 allows attackers to add attachments with forbidden file extensions by editing an
attachment name via an attachment API. (CVE-2025-68939)

Solution

Update the code.gitea.io/gitea library and its related packages to version 1.23.0-rc0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-263q-5cv3-xq9g

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 478271

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 11/3/2026

Updated: 11/3/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68939

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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-2025-68939

cwe: CWE-424