01 Record
CVE-2026-26231
Gitea maintainer-edit permissions allow unauthorized commits to readable repositories
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: Gitea
CNA base score8.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
02 Description
Gitea maintainer-edit permissions allow unauthorized commits to readable repositories
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-25.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2026-07-03 20:19Z3 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-07-07 16:59Z3 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-03-03
- Assigning CNA
- Gitea
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863Incorrect AuthorizationClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 25ef7e83d5f772a240f5df890ebe823e366f56b1a1223b6d9e16ae0cd1340529
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comGitHub Security Advisoryhttps://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-mm7c-rhg6-qr4r
- github.comGitHub Pull Request #37479https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/37479
- github.comGitHub Pull Request #37484https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/37484
- github.comGitea v1.26.2 Releasehttps://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.26.2
- blog.gitea.comGitea v1.26.2 Release Blog Posthttps://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.26.2/