CVE-2026-26231 (GCVE-0-2026-26231)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-03 20:19 – Updated: 2026-07-03 20:19
VLAI
Title
Gitea maintainer-edit permissions allow unauthorized commits to readable repositories
Summary
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.
Severity
8.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Gitea Gitea Open Source Git Server Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.26.1 (semver)
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Credits
ddd
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