High severity · published Oct 14, 2026
CVE-2026-71184
Gitea fork workflow approval bypass through review events
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Gitea's pull request review notifier does not attach the pull request to the Actions notification, so the fork workflow approval gate does not recognize the run as originating from a fork. Review comment and review approval or rejection events can consequently load workflow code from the fork head and run it on the base repository's runners without the required maintainer approval. This allows execution of fork-controlled workflow code across the intended approval boundary.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
Gitea · Gitea
1.20.0 through 1.27.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71184
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71184
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-7w2r-xwp6-mh6c
release-notes
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.3/
patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39005
patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39018
release-notes
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.3
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