CVE-2026-55987
An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in Gitea to execute arbitrary code, gain elevated permissions, bypass security measures, manipulate data, disclose sensitive information, hijack or reuse sessions, or trigger a denial-of-service state.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Gitea can be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code, gain elevated permissions, bypass security measures, manipulate data, disclose sensitive information, hijack sessions, or trigger a denial-of-service state.
- Who is affected
- Attackers targeting systems running the affected versions of Gitea.
- Urgency
- Remediation is high urgency due to the wide range of potential impacts including remote code execution and privilege escalation.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of Gitea.
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Advisory coverage (2)
- highGHSA-vrhc-jjfc-m3m3: Gitea: OAuth2 sign-in reactivates an administrator-deactivated account on auth sources wi…ghsa · 2026-07-21
- high[NEW] [high] Gitea: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-14
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