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CVE-2026-56654: Privilege Escalation via Access Token Scope Escalation in API

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-13 · updated 2026-08-26
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Privilege Escalation via Access Token Scope Escalation in API

Affected products

• Gitea Open Source Git Server: through 1.26.4

References

• https://blog.gitea.com/gitea-1.27.0-is-released/
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.0
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-683j-3ff6-hh2x
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-683j-3ff6-hh2x

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