01 Record
CVE-2026-58439
Branch Protection Bypass via PR Retargeting Preserves Stale `official` Approval Flag
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: Gitea
CNA base score8.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Branch Protection Bypass via PR Retargeting Preserves Stale `official` Approval Flag
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
- 0.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 44.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (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:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-26.
- 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
- 2026-08-13 16:44Z2 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-14 20:01Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-06-30
- Assigning CNA
- Gitea
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 238674f3362a68ccfe659df9614117e5a148a2665f3f92a3e02a4836ecb27efb
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comGitHub Security Advisoryhttps://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-w5pg-649r-p6gg
- github.comGitea v1.27.0 Releasehttps://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.0
- blog.gitea.comGitea v1.27.0 Release Blog Posthttps://blog.gitea.com/gitea-1.27.0-is-released/