# CVE-2025-68971: 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 as

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2026-03-16 · Updated: 2026-03-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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).

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo
- https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=291973
- https://zenodo.org/records/18945481
- https://zenodo.org/records/19058493
- https://github.com/ChewKeanHo/research-cve-2025-68971

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