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FreshRSS globally denies access to feed via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After

Type: advisorySources: OSV

FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. From version 1.27.0 to before 1.28.0, An attacker could globally deny access to feeds via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After for a large list of feeds on given instance, making it unusable for majority of users. This issue has been patched in version 1.28.0.

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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2025-68148
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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2 Nov 2026, 23:30 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

FreshRSS globally denies access to feed via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Dec 2025, 23:46 UTC

FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. From version 1.27.0 to before 1.28.0, An attacker could globally deny access to feeds via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After for a large list of feeds on given instance, making it unusable for majority of users. This issue has been patched in version 1.28.0.

osv:CVE-2025-68148
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-68148",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "FreshRSS globally denies access to feed via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After",
    "summary": "FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS aggregator. From version 1.27.0 to before 1.28.0, An attacker could globally deny access to feeds via proxy modifying to 429 Retry-After for a large list of feeds on given instance, making it unusable for majority of users. This issue has been patched in version 1.28.0.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-68148",
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          "database_specific": {
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:24.554015631Z",
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        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68148",
        "https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/commit/7d4854a0a4f5665db599f18c34035786465639f3",
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  "published_at": "2025-12-26T23:46:53.337+00:00"
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