Description
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.
Published: 2026-07-03
Score: 8.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mm7c-rhg6-qr4r Gitea: Authorization Bypass via "Allow edits from maintainers" allows unauthorized commits to any readable repo
History

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Gitea maintainer-edit permissions allow unauthorized commits to readable repositories
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Gitea

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-03T20:19:34.133Z

Reserved: 2026-03-03T03:25:59.965Z

Link: CVE-2026-26231

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