Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Mar 25, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-30741

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.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
pixelfed/pixelfedPackagist	< 0.12.5	0.12.5

Patches

9e34cfe9df56

https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfedvia osv

Vulnerability mechanics

Generated by null/stub on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-7287-grhx-542xghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30741ghsaADVISORY
fokus.cool/2025/03/25/pixelfed-vulnerability.htmlnvdWEB
github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/releases/tag/v0.12.5nvdWEB
mastodon.social/@pixelfed/114215925957179498nvdWEB
news.ycombinator.com/itemnvdWEB

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