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.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mm7c-rhg6-qr4r Gitea: Authorization Bypass via "Allow edits from maintainers" allows unauthorized commits to any readable repo
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History

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Gitea
Gitea gitea Open Source Git Server
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Gitea gitea Open Source Git Server

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: 2026-07-07T16:59:29.212Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-26231

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-07T14:45:06.255Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-07T19:30:04Z

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