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Critical 9.1Published Jan 22, 2026
CVE-2026-20897Gitea does not properly validate repository ownership when deleting Git LFS locks.
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Gitea does not properly validate repository ownership when deleting Git LFS locks. A user with write access to one repository may be able to delete LFS locks belonging to other repositories.
- CVSS
- 9.1 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-284, CWE-639
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Jul 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
gitea gitea gitea:gitea | before 1.25.4 | NVD |
References
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.4/release-notes
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36344issue-tracking, patch
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36349issue-tracking, patch
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.4release-notes
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-rrq5-r9h5-pc7cbroken-link
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-20897
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2432204
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-20897.json
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