# CVE-2026-25946: Gitea OpenID discovery server-side request forgery

- Also known as: GHSA-9574-292W-9WMW
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-10-14 · Updated: 2026-10-14

## Affected

- code.gitea.io/gitea: 1.25.4

## Description

When OpenID sign-in is enabled, Gitea accepts a user-supplied OpenID URL and performs discovery requests without validating the destination against internal network addresses. An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause the server to contact loopback or private-network HTTP services. This can expose internal service behavior and enable interaction with resources that are not directly reachable by the attacker.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on code.gitea.io/gitea, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-9574-292w-9wmw
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36729

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