CVE-2019-11576

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-04-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Gitea before 1.8.0 allows 1FA for user accounts that have completed 2FA enrollment. If a user's credentials are known, then an attacker could send them to the API without requiring the 2FA one-time password.

Affected products

Gitea Open Source Git Server: before 1.8.0 — fixed in 1.8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Gitea Open Source Git Server 1.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://blog.gitea.io/2019/04/gitea-1.8.0-is-released/
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/6674
https://blog.gitea.io/2019/04/gitea-1.8.0-is-released/
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/6674

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