CVE-2025-61643
Linux Debian vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2025-61643 is a security vulnerability in MediaWiki related to suppressed recent changes being sent to RCFeeds. The vulnerability was identified in October 2025 and affects multiple versions of MediaWiki, including versions in Debian bullseye, bookworm, forky, sid, and trixie distributions (Debian Tracker).

Technical details

The vulnerability involves the improper handling of suppressed recent changes in MediaWiki's RCFeeds functionality. It affects MediaWiki versions 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u2 through 1:1.43.3+dfsg-1. Ubuntu has classified this vulnerability as Medium priority (Ubuntu Security).

Impact

The vulnerability could potentially expose suppressed recent changes through RCFeeds, which may lead to information disclosure of sensitive content that was intended to be hidden from public view (Debian Tracker).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there are no fixed versions available for this vulnerability. The issue is being tracked and evaluated across multiple distributions including Ubuntu 25.10, 25.04, 24.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS, and 18.04 LTS (Ubuntu Security).

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