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

- Also known as: GHSA-J5R2-4C8J-XC3M, GO-2026-5448
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.26.0
- Published: 2026-07-03 · Updated: 2026-07-07

## Affected

- Gitea Gitea Open Source Git Server: through 1.25.4
- github.com/go-gitea/gitea (Go): fixed in 1.26.0
- code.gitea.io/gitea (Go): fixed in 1.26.0

## Description

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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Gitea Gitea Open Source Git Server, github.com/go-gitea/gitea, code.gitea.io/gitea, upgrade to a fixed version (1.26.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-j5r2-4c8j-xc3m
- 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://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.5/

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