CVE-2025-69413 — Observable Response Discrepancy in Gitea

CWE-204 — Observable Response Discrepancy6 documents5 sources
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Code.gitea.io GiteaGitea
Timeline
PublishedJan 1
Latest updateJan 12

Description

In Gitea before 1.25.2, /api/v1/user has different responses for failed authentication depending on whether a username exists.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDgitea/gitea< 1.25.2
▶Gocode.gitea.io/gitea< 1.25.2

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
Gitea's /api/v1/user endpoint has different responses for failed authentication depending on whether a username exists in code.gitea.io/gitea↗2026-01-12
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OSV
Gitea's /api/v1/user endpoint has different responses for failed authentication depending on whether a username exists↗2026-01-01
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GHSA
Gitea's /api/v1/user endpoint has different responses for failed authentication depending on whether a username exists↗2026-01-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
Gitea: Gitea: Information disclosure via differing authentication responses↗2026-01-01
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2025-69413 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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