[UPDATE] [high] Gitea: Multiple vulnerabilities
An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in Gitea to gain elevated privileges, impersonate users, bypass security measures, manipulate data, and disclose confidential information.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges and manipulate data.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Gitea.
- Urgency
- Remediation is high urgency due to the potential for exploitation.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of Gitea.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2027
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-207790.48% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 38% of all scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-208960.78% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 52% of all scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-228740.46% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 37% of all scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-244510.48% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 38% of all scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-250380.48% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 38% of all scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-277610.37% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 29% of all scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-277750.52% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 41% of all scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-287400.32% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 24% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-20779 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2026-20896 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2026-22874 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2026-24451 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2026-25038 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2026-27761 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2026-27775 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2026-28740 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- highCVE-2026-28740: Gitea versions up to and including 1.26.2 allow Git LFS object reuse to authorize private sour…nvd
- highCVE-2026-27775: Gitea 1.25.5 caches a branch-specific write-permission result across multiple refs in one pre-…nvd
- mediumCVE-2026-27761: Gitea versions up to and including 1.26.2 allow repository RSS and Atom feed endpoints to bypa…nvd
- highCVE-2026-25038: Gitea 1.26.2 allows unauthorized users to access labels of private organizations.nvd
- highCVE-2026-24451: Gitea 1.26.2 allows fork synchronization to continue after a parent repository changes from pu…nvd
- criticalCVE-2026-22874: Gitea versions up to and including 1.26.2 have incomplete SSRF protection in webhook and migra…nvd
- criticalCVE-2026-20896: Gitea Docker image versions up to and including 1.26.2 use REVERSE_PROXY_TRUSTED_PROXIES=* by …nvd
- highCVE-2026-20779: Gitea versions from 1.5.0 before 1.26.3 have a TOTP single-use enforcement defect that allows …nvd
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.
- high[UPDATE] [high] Gitea: Vulnerability allows bypassing of security measurescert-bund · 2026-07-09
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Gitea: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-08
- high[UPDATE] [high] Gitea: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-06
- high[UPDATE] [high] Gitea: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-06
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Gitea: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-06
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Gitea: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-06
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