Token Scope Propagation Flaw in Gitea <1.22.2 (Package Registry Access Control)
CVE-2025-68944 Published on December 26, 2025
Gitea before 1.22.2 sometimes mishandles the propagation of token scope for access control within one of its own package registries.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-68944 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Confused Deputy Vulnerability?
The product receives a request, message, or directive from an upstream component, but the product does not sufficiently preserve the original source of the request before forwarding the request to an external actor that is outside of the product's control sphere. This causes the product to appear to be the source of the request, leading it to act as a proxy or other intermediary between the upstream component and the external actor.
CVE-2025-68944 has been classified to as a Confused Deputy vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-68944
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Affected Versions
Gitea:- Before 1.22.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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