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CVE-2023-49946

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-12-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

In Forgejo before 1.20.5-1, certain endpoints do not check whether an object belongs to a repository for which permissions are being checked. This allows remote attackers to read private issues, read private pull requests, delete issues, and perform other unauthorized actions.

Affected products

• Forgejo: before 1.20.5-1 — fixed in 1.20.5-1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Forgejo 1.20.5-1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://about.gitea.com/security
• https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/RELEASE-NOTES.md
• https://forgejo.org/2023-11-release-v1-20-5-1/
• https://github.com/gogs/gogs/security
• https://about.gitea.com/security
• https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/RELEASE-NOTES.md
• https://forgejo.org/2023-11-release-v1-20-5-1/
• https://github.com/gogs/gogs/security

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