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CVE-2026-60004: Gitea Code Injection Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2026-08-25
• EPSS: 24.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-08-26 · updated 2026-08-27
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Gitea before 1.27.1 allows remote code execution via the diffpatch API through Git hook installation.

Affected products

• Gitea Open Source Git Server: from 1.17.0 before 1.27.1 — fixed in 1.27.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Gitea Open Source Git Server 1.27.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.1/
• https://github.com/0xBlackash/CVE-2026-60004
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-rcr6-4jqh-j84m
• https://www.runzero.com/blog/gitea/
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-60004

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