High 8.8Published Jul 3, 2026

CVE-2026-27775Gitea 1.25.5 caches a branch-specific write-permission result across multiple refs in one pre-receive hook session, allowing a per-branch maintainer-edit grant to be reused for other refs and escalat…

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:00 UTC)

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Gitea 1.25.5 caches a branch-specific write-permission result across multiple refs in one pre-receive hook session, allowing a per-branch maintainer-edit grant to be reused for other refs and escalate to full repository write access.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-863
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: Deferred
Record last updated: Jul 6, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

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References

https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.26.3-and-1.26.4/
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38151
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.26.3
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-649p-mmhf-85c7

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