High severity · published Jul 3, 2026
CVE-2026-26231
Gitea maintainer-edit permissions allow unauthorized commits to readable repositories
8.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GO
Gitea Open Source Git Server · Gitea
through 1.26.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26231
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-26231
blog.gitea.com
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.26.2/
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
github.com
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-mm7c-rhg6-qr4r
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