High severity · published Oct 14, 2026
CVE-2026-73535
Gitea second-factor bypass through OpenID identity linking
8.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Gitea's OpenID connect handler accepts a user's password without enforcing enrolled TOTP or WebAuthn verification before completing sign-in and linking an OpenID identifier. When OpenID sign-in is enabled, an attacker who knows the victim's password can obtain a session and link an attacker-controlled identifier. The attacker can then sign in through that identifier without the victim's password or second factor, and a password change does not remove the link.
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)0.4% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
Gitea · Gitea
through 1.27.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73535
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73535
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-8xjr-x7rg-hp5h
release-notes
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.2/
patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38805
patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38810
release-notes
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.2
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