CVE-2026-26231

HIGH 8.5

Gitea maintainer-edit permissions allow unauthorized commits to readable repositories

CVSS Score

8.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

Gitea versions up to and including 1.26.1 allow the Allow edits from maintainers permission path to authorize commits to repositories that the user can read but should not be able to write.

CWE	CWE-863
Vendor	gitea
Product	gitea open source git server
Published	Jul 3, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Affected Versions

Gitea / Gitea Open Source Git Server

0 ≤ 1.26.1

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

github.com: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-mm7c-rhg6-qr4r github.com: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/37479 github.com: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/37484 github.com: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.26.2 blog.gitea.com: https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.26.2/

Credits

🔍 ddd