Description
Gitea versions before 1.25.5 use release tag names and asset names as filesystem path components when dumping release assets, allowing specially crafted names to affect dump output paths.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gitea | Gitea Open Source Git Server | < 1.25.5 | 1.25.5 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260902T191204-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23712-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23692-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260902T191204-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23712-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23692-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260902T191204-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21812-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | code.gitea.io/gitea | < 1.25.5 | 1.25.5 | GHSA-7jvx-g65v-r899 |
Advisories 4
- SUSE-SU-2026:23692-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 29, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:23712-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 29, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21812-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 10, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-0737 Gitea: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Jul 7, 2026
References
- GitHub Pull Request #36799 patch
- GitHub Pull Request #36839 patch
- Gitea v1.25.5 Release release-notes
- Gitea v1.25.5 Release Blog Post release-notes