01 Record
CVE-2026-103059
Gitea built-in SSH server authentication bypass through key case folding
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 built-in SSH server authentication bypass through key case folding
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
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 32.9% 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 2026-10-15.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. 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 19:22Z22 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-07 14:17Z22 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
- 59180830dd4978699024a8649b46556d52615ae43f9995fad14f7007b426e7a9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comGitHub Security Advisory GHSA-8pwg-hcgm-54cphttps://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-8pwg-hcgm-54cp
- github.comFix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39423https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39423
- blog.gitea.comGitea 28.0.0 release announcementhttps://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/
- github.comgo-gitea/gitea v28.0.0 releasehttps://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0