Gitea: Broken access control in OpenID visibility toggle enables cross-user visibility changes
Priority LOW 29CWE-284Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
Gitea does not properly validate ownership when toggling OpenID URI visibility. An authenticated user may be able to change the visibility settings of other users' OpenID identities.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00302 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed github.com/go-gitea/gitea (Go): 1.25.4
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gitea | Gitea Open Source Git Server | up to 1.25.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | github.com/go-gitea/gitea (Go) | before 1.25.4 | 1.25.4 | Patch available | GHSA-qqgv-v353-cv8p |
- Gitea Open Source Git Server VendorGitea Affected up to 1.25.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- github.com/go-gitea/gitea (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.25.4 Fixed in 1.25.4 Patch available GHSA-qqgv-v353-cv8p
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-qqgv-v353-cv8p github.com/go-gitea/gitea (Go) Fixed in 1.25.4 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 1 product
- OpenShift Pipelines
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-20904
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qqgv-v353-cv8p
References
More Gitea vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-42785 Gitea before 1.27.1 allows remote code execution via the diffpatch API through Git hook installation. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-11072 The git hook feature in Gitea 1.1.0 through 1.12.5 might allow for authenticated remote… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2022-12910 Gitea before 1.16.7 does not escape git fetch remote. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-08404 models/repo_mirror.go in Gitea before 1.7.6 and 1.8.x before 1.8-RC3 mishandles mirror… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-00955 Open Redirect on login in go-gitea/gitea CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2026-68968 Push-to-create bypass of FORCE_PRIVATE policy in Gitea CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-20904 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-20904 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qqgv-v353-cv8p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-20904 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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