Gitea maintainer-edit permissions allow unauthorized commits to readable repositories

Summary

CVECVE-2026-26231
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitea
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-07-03 21:16:58 UTC
Updated2026-07-03 21:16:58 UTC
DescriptionGitea 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.5 HIGH from 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2

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

Problem Types: CWE-863 | CWE-863 CWE-863


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.188ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2Secondary8.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
3.1CNADECLARED8.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Gitea Gitea Open Source Git Server affected 1.26.1 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/37484 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 github.com
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/37479 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 github.com
blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.26.2 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 blog.gitea.com
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.26.2 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 github.com
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-mm7c-rhg6-qr4r 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: ddd (en)

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