CRITICAL9.1

GHSA-h697-89cp-24q8

Gitea template repository generation follows unsafe filesystem paths

Quick fix

GHSA-h697-89cp-24q8 — code.gitea.io/gitea: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

go get code.gitea.io/gitea@v1.25.5

Details

Gitea versions before 1.25.5 mishandle path resolution during template repository generation, allowing template processing to read or write through symlinked or otherwise non-regular paths.

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Affected packages

Go/code.gitea.io/gitea

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.25.5

Fixgo get code.gitea.io/gitea@v1.25.5

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25718[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36734[WEB]
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36746[WEB]
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/commit/2176e84ab977011ff2bc3f3a9066020cc674f6b1[WEB]
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/commit/579615936c1ef7ba16c8887b9d12ade4c44f78fa[WEB]
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.5[WEB]
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.5[WEB]