GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-7287-grhx-542x Pixelfed may allow unauthorized actor to view private posts and private users
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-30741
- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- pixelfed/pixelfed
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
- Reviewed
- 2025-03-26
Affected packages
• Packagist pixelfed/pixelfed: < 0.12.5 → fixed in 0.12.5
Description
Pixelfed before 0.12.5 allows anyone to follow private accounts and see private posts on other Fediverse servers. This affects users elsewhere in the Fediverse, if they otherwise have any followers from a Pixelfed instance.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-30741 Pixelfed before 0.12.5 allows anyone to follow private accounts and see private posts on other Fediverse servers. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30741 advisory
- https://fokus.cool/2025/03/25/pixelfed-vulnerability.html web
- https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed package
- https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/releases/tag/v0.12.5 web
- https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/114215925957179498 web
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43474425 web