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The issue was only present in the edge branch and never in a stable release.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00302,"percentile":0.23273,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-287"],"published":"2026-03-09T19:41:57Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:52Z","products":[{"vendor":"freshrss","product":"freshrss"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/security/advisories/GHSA-pcq9-mq6m-mvmp","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/8061","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/pull/8320","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/commit/476e57b04646416e24e24c56133c9fadf9e52b95","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/68xxx/CVE-2025-68402.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68402","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-68402","title":"FreshRSS has an authentication bypass due to truncated bcrypt hash [edge branch]","description":"FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. 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