What is GHSA-h697-89cp-24q8?

GHSA-h697-89cp-24q8 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. Gitea template repository generation follows unsafe filesystem paths

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-h697-89cp-24q8 cover?

GHSA-h697-89cp-24q8 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-25718. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-h697-89cp-24q8?

GHSA-h697-89cp-24q8 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-h697-89cp-24q8?

GHSA-h697-89cp-24q8 affects 1 product, including: go/code.gitea.io/gitea:\u003c 1.25.5.

GHSA-h697-89cp-24q8CriticalCVSS 9.1

Gitea template repository generation follows unsafe filesystem paths

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 3, 2026

Last Modified

September 1, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-25718 →

📋 Description

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.

🎯 Affected products1

go/code.gitea.io/gitea:< 1.25.5

🔗 References (8)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25718
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36734
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36746
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.5
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.5
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/commit/2176e84ab977011ff2bc3f3a9066020cc674f6b1
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/commit/579615936c1ef7ba16c8887b9d12ade4c44f78fa
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h697-89cp-24q8