Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-94205 · published 6 October 2026

CVE-2026-94205: Gitea incorrect authorization vulnerability

Gitea · Gitea

Gitea Actions decided whether a fork pull request run needed approval based on the user who triggered the event rather than the pull request author. For `pull_request` activity triggered by a maintainer during ordinary triage, such as adding a label, the run was created without requiring approval, while the workflow definition was still taken from the fork head. Where Actions is enabled and a matching runner is registered, fork-controlled workflow code could run on the base repository's runners without an explicit approval.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 0.62% · top 49.7% CWE-441 · CWE-441CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization

9.8CVSS 3.1 base score

0.62%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

4References, 1 tagged exploit

13 Oct 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

Gitea Gitea

References

Link	Tags
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/	Release Notes
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39399	Patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0	Release Notes
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-xh39-mxw9-34pp	ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-94205), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-11-11). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.