High severity · published Jul 3, 2026
CVE-2026-27660
Gitea draft releases use insufficient permission checks
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Gitea versions before 1.25.5 allow draft release data or attachments to be accessed without the required write permission.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 39% 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
before 1.25.5 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27660
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-27660
blog.gitea.com
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.5/
github.com
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36659
github.com
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36715
github.com
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.5
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