Gitea Arbitrary File Delete Vulnerability

published 2019-02-04 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also GHSA-j99q-rwp6-498g , EUVD-2022-4323

cvss: 6.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits: 0; none known

Gitea version 1.6.2 and earlier contains a Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in Delete/Edit file functionallity that can result in the attacker deleting files outside the repository he/she has access to. This attack appears to be exploitable via the attacker must get write access to "any" repository including self-created ones.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.6.3, 1.7.0-rc2.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

go code.gitea.io/gitea 1.6.3

github.com/go-gitea/gitea#5631 pull request

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Exploit prediction

1.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
GitHub	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
go	code.gitea.io/gitea	<1.6.3	1.6.3

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References

github.com /go-gitea/gitea/pull/5631
web, patch, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1000002
advisory
github.com /go-gitea/gitea
package

Sources

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