CVE-2025-30741

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-03-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

Pixelfed before 0.12.5 allows anyone to follow private accounts and see private posts on other Fediverse servers. This affects users elsewhere in the Fediverse, if they otherwise have any followers from a Pixelfed instance.

Affected products

pixelfed: before 0.12.5 — fixed in 0.12.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: pixelfed 0.12.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://fokus.cool/2025/03/25/pixelfed-vulnerability.html
https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/releases/tag/v0.12.5
https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/114215925957179498
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43474425

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