[NEW] [high] Gitea: Multiple vulnerabilities
An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in Gitea to bypass security measures, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, escalate privileges, take over user accounts, disclose confidential information, or execute arbitrary code as the Gitea service user.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Gitea allow attackers to bypass security measures, conduct XSS attacks, escalate privileges, take over accounts, disclose information, or execute arbitrary code.
- Who is affected
- All Gitea deployments are potentially affected.
- Urgency
- High severity and multiple attack vectors including RCE warrant immediate remediation despite no current exploitation reports.
- Action
- Update Gitea to a patched version addressing CVE-2026-60008, CVE-2026-73278, CVE-2026-73535, CVE-2026-73539, CVE-2026-73800, CVE-2026-73804, and CVE-2026-73814.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2863
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-60008 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2026-73278 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2026-73535 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2026-73539 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2026-73800 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2026-73804 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2026-73814 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Gitea
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- unknownexploitedGitea security advisory (AV26-845)cccs · 2026-08-25
- criticalexploitedCVE-2026-60004: Gitea Code Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2026-08-25
- high[UPDATE] [high] Gitea: Vulnerability allows bypassing of security measurescert-bund · 2026-08-21
- medium[NEW] [medium] Gitea: Multiple Vulnerabilities Enable Information Disclosurecert-bund · 2026-08-14
- high[NEW] [high] Gitea: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-14
- mediumCVE-2026-59763: Unbounded Arch package file metadata can cause resource amplification in Gitea package uploadsnvd · 2026-08-13
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