CVE-2026-26231
Gitea maintainer-edit permissions allow unauthorized commits to readable repositories
HIGH 8.5
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.36 % · percentile 30 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Gitea
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N | Gitea |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N | NVD · 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-mm7c-rhg6-qr4r — Gitea: Authorization Bypass via "Allow edits from maintainers" allows unauthorized commits to any readable repo
- GO-2026-5510 — Gitea: Authorization Bypass via "Allow edits from maintainers" allows unauthorized commits to any readable repo in code.gitea.io/gitea
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-41627
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-26231
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Gitea · Gitea Open Source Git Server | affected 0 ≤ 1.26.1 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |