What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-68971?

CVE-2025-68971 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.0%.

Which versions of In Forgejo are affected by CVE-2025-68971?

Organizations using Forgejo should be aware of notable risk from CVE-2025-68971, a resource exhaustion vulnerability rated CVSS 6.5. Service availability could be impacted.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-68971?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems running Forgejo and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

In Forgejo CVE-2025-68971

MEDIUM

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)

2026-03-16 mitre

Denial Of Service

6.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.5 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SUSE

MEDIUM

qualitative

Red Hat

6.5 MEDIUM

qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 16, 2026 - 20:05 vuln.today

CVE Published

Mar 16, 2026 - 00:00 nvd

MEDIUM 6.5

DescriptionCVE.org

In Forgejo through 13.0.3, the attachment component allows a denial of service by uploading a multi-gigabyte file attachment (e.g., to be associated with an issue or a release).

Analysis

In Forgejo through 13.0.3, the attachment component allows a denial of service by uploading a multi-gigabyte file attachment (e.g., to be associated with an issue or a release).