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CVE-2026-25779: Gitea redirect handling permits open redirects through backslash paths

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 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: 2026-07-03 · updated 2026-10-25
• Weakness: CWE-601

Description

Gitea versions up to and including 1.25.4 allow redirect bypasses through raw or percent-encoded backslashes in redirect_to values.

Affected products

• Gitea Open Source Git Server: through 1.25.4

References

• https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.5/
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36660
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36716
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.5
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-j5r2-4c8j-xc3m
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-j5r2-4c8j-xc3m

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