Medium 6.5Published Oct 14, 2026

CVE-2026-73814Gitea repository ownership escalation by administrators

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

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Gitea's collaboration access-mode endpoint accepts the Owner access mode from an authenticated repository collaborator with Admin access. The collaborator can promote their effective permissions from Admin to Owner and then perform owner-only operations, including transferring the repository to their own account. This bypasses the intended boundary between repository administration and ownership.

CVSS: 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-266
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Gitea
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Oct 18, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 14, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

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

References

https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-h62v-wmrr-5qjqvendor-advisory
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.2/release-notes
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38894patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38895patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.2release-notes

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