CVE-2025-68940: Gitea doesn't adequately enforce branch deletion permissions after merging a pull request.

December 26, 2025

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

References

blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.22.5
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rrcw-5rjv-vj26
github.com/go-gitea/gitea
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/32654
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.22.5
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68940

Code Behaviors & Features

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