01 Record
CVE-2026-20897
Gitea Git LFS Lock Deletion Broken Access Control (Cross-Repo IDOR)
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 Git LFS Lock Deletion Broken Access Control (Cross-Repo IDOR)
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
- 0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 39.2% 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
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-15.
- Red Hat severity
- Critical. 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
- 2026-01-22 22:01Z9 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-07-15 01:20Z3 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-01-08
- 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
- e40cd4f7b3460441b5dbd334bf8c0ab60ad34b17ce9fe881e8067b382cb9c5b8
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comGitHub Security Advisoryhttps://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-rrq5-r9h5-pc7c
- github.comGitHub Pull Request #36344https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36344
- github.comGitHub Pull Request #36349https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36349
- github.comGitea v1.25.4 Releasehttps://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.4
- blog.gitea.comGitea v1.25.4 Release Blog Posthttps://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.4/
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-20897
- bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2432204https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2432204
- security.access.redhat.comhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-20897.json