01 Record
CVE-2026-101023
Gitea OAuth2 refresh token grant accepts access tokens
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: Gitea
CNA base score9.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
02 Description
Gitea OAuth2 refresh token grant accepts access tokens
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-13.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-06 21:34Z22 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-07 20:04Z21 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-10-04
- Assigning CNA
- Gitea
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 6d0180da241e14d655134f064b6563a4f4a8dd69b2470444de8b8ee9e523dd71
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comGitHub Security Advisory GHSA-469m-x4mw-38r3https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-469m-x4mw-38r3
- github.comFix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39501https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39501
- github.comFix backport to release/v28: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39507https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39507
- blog.gitea.comGitea 28.1.0 release announcementhttps://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.1.0/
- github.comgo-gitea/gitea v28.1.0 releasehttps://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.1.0