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CVE-2026-28699: Gitea Basic Auth bypasses OAuth2 access token scopes

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% 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-284

Description

Gitea versions up to and including 1.26.1 allow OAuth2 access token scope enforcement to be bypassed through HTTP Basic authentication.

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/37503
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.26.2
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-9r5x-wg6m-x2rc
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-9r5x-wg6m-x2rc

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