CVE-2026-20912 is a critical vulnerability in Gitea that allows an attacker to link attachments from private repositories to releases in public repositories due to improper validation of repository ownership. This could expose sensitive data to unauthorized users. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.25.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.