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Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-45330 · published 9 February 2022

CVE-2021-45330: Gitea vulnerability

Gitea · Gitea

An issue exsits in Gitea through 1.15.7, which could let a malicious user gain privileges due to client side cookies not being deleted and the session remains valid on the server side for reuse.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 1.4% · top 27.7% CWE-459 · CWE-459
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.5
1.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue exsits in Gitea through 1.15.7, which could let a malicious user gain privileges due to client side cookies not being deleted and the session remains valid on the server side for reuse.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/4336 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/4336 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-45330), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.