GHSA-9cgq-wp42-4rpq

Gitea does not properly verify authorization when canceling scheduled auto-merges via the web interface

At a glance

Published: 2026-01-23 00:31 UTC
Updated: 2026-02-03 03:09 UTC
CVE: CVE-2026-20888
Aliases: BIT-gitea-2026-20888, GHSA-ccq9-c5hv-cf64, GO-2026-4366
CVSS_V4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

Gitea does not properly verify authorization when canceling scheduled auto-merges via the web interface. A user with read access to pull requests may be able to cancel auto-merges scheduled by other users.

Affected packages

Package	Versions
Go · github.com/go-gitea/gitea	introduced 0, fixed 1.25.4

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20888 ADVISORY
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36341 WEB
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36356 WEB
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.4 WEB
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea PACKAGE
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.4 WEB

Sources

Source	Licence
OSV.dev	CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database