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Fencer Intel
high 8.5

CVE-2026-26231 json

Gitea maintainer-edit permissions allow unauthorized commits to readable repositories

published 4mo ago modified 15d ago also GHSA-mm7c-rhg6-qr4r , GO-2026-5510 , EUVD-2026-41627

cvss
8.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Gitea versions up to and including 1.26.1 allow the Allow edits from maintainers permission path to authorize commits to repositories that the user can read but should not be able to write.

Patch / fix

  • go code.gitea.io/gitea 1.26.2
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
4mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-mm7c-rhg6-qr4r referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
GitHub 3.1 8.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go code.gitea.io/gitea
<1.26.2
1.26.2

Affected products

  • Gitea Gitea Open Source Git Server

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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