High 8.8Published Oct 14, 2026

CVE-2026-71184Gitea fork workflow approval bypass through review events

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 05:50 UTC)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.49%, higher than 41% of scored CVEs.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Gitea's pull request review notifier does not attach the pull request to the Actions notification, so the fork workflow approval gate does not recognize the run as originating from a fork. Review comment and review approval or rejection events can consequently load workflow code from the fork head and run it on the base repository's runners without the required maintainer approval. This allows execution of fork-controlled workflow code across the intended approval boundary.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)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): 0.49% (percentile 41)
Assigned by: Gitea
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Oct 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 14, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Gitea Gitea gitea:gitea (from the name)	from 1.20.0 through 1.27.1	CNA record

References

https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-7w2r-xwp6-mh6cvendor-advisory
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.3/release-notes
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39005patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39018patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.3release-notes

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