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Gitea 1.23.8 is released

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lunnyTechnical Oversight Committee
1.23.8Release

We are pleased to announce the release of Gitea version 1.23.8.

This update includes critical bug fixes and a Go version upgrade that addresses multiple security vulnerabilities. We strongly recommend all users upgrade as soon as possible to benefit from these important improvements.

A total of 23 pull requests were merged in this release.

Notable Changes

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  • riscv64 Support: Official Linux binaries and Docker images for riscv64 will now be provided starting with this version. Special thanks to @mengzhuo for the contribution.

  • New Docker Registry: Docker images will now also be published to GitHub Container Registry (GHCR). You can find the new official docker image from this blog https://blog.gitea.com/docker-registry-update/ . Thanks to @a1994sc for this enhancement.

Security Fixes

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This release addresses the following vulnerabilities:

  • Fixed a bug when uploading files via the LFS SSH command (affects 1.23) - #34408

  • Resolved CVE-2025-22873 in the Go os package, which previously allowed improper access to parent directories under certain conditions

How to install or update

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Download our pre-built binaries from the Gitea downloads page — make sure to select the version compatible with your platform. For a step-by-step guide on installation or upgrades, check out our installation documentation

Special Thanks

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We would also like to thank all of our supporters on Open Collective who are helping to sustain us financially.

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Changelog

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1.23.8 - 2025-05-11

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  • SECURITY
  • BUGFIXES
    • Fix releases sidebar navigation link (#34436) #34439
    • Fix bug webhook milestone is not right. (#34419) #34429
    • Fix two missed null value checks on the wiki page. (#34205) (#34215)
    • Swift files can be passed either as file or as form value (#34068) (#34236)
    • Fix bug when API get pull changed files for deleted head repository (#34333) (#34368)
    • Upgrade github v61 -> v71 to fix migrating bug (#34389)
    • Fix bug when visiting comparation page (#34334) (#34364)
    • Fix wrong review requests when updating the pull request (#34286) (#34304)
    • Fix github migration error when using multiple tokens (#34144) (#34302)
    • Explicitly not update indexes when sync database schemas (#34281) (#34295)
    • Fix panic when comment is nil (#34257) (#34277)
    • Fix project board links to related Pull Requests (#34213) (#34222)
    • Don’t assume the default wiki branch is master in the wiki API (#34244) (#34245)
  • DOCUMENTATION
    • Update token creation API swagger documentation (#34288) (#34296)
  • MISC

Contributors

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