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CVE-2026-26231: Gitea maintainer-edit permissions allow unauthorized commits to readable repositories

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-07-03 · updated 2026-10-25
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

Gitea versions up to and including 1.26.1 allow the Allow edits from maintainers permission path to authorize commits to repositories that the user can read but should not be able to write.

Affected products

• Gitea Open Source Git Server: through 1.26.1

References

• https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.26.2/
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/37479
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/37484
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.26.2
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-mm7c-rhg6-qr4r
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-mm7c-rhg6-qr4r

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