Gitea organization permission APIs expose private visibility information
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · 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 versions before 1.25.5 have insufficient visibility checks in organization permission APIs for hidden members and private organizations.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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 | before 1.25.5 | 1.25.5 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | code.gitea.io/gitea (Go) | before 1.25.5 | 1.25.5 | Patch available | GHSA-37w2-86g3-h4qh |
- Gitea Open Source Git Server VendorGitea Affected before 1.25.5 Fixed in 1.25.5 Patch available CNA
- code.gitea.io/gitea (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.25.5 Fixed in 1.25.5 Patch available GHSA-37w2-86g3-h4qh
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Gitea Open Source Git Server (Gitea) Fixed in 1.25.5
- Fix · GHSA-37w2-86g3-h4qh code.gitea.io/gitea (Go) Fixed in 1.25.5 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Gitea Open Source Git Server 1.25.5
14 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 7 MEDIUM, 7 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-21259 Gitea LFS mirror synchronization bypasses migration HTTP transport restrictionsPriority MEDIUM 50
- TI-2026-21232 Gitea OAuth2 PKCE S256 challenges are not enforced during token exchangePriority MEDIUM 48
- TI-2026-21222 Gitea OAuth2 authorization codes lack expiry and reuse enforcementPriority MEDIUM 48
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-25712
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-37w2-86g3-h4qh
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-2026-42033 Improper authorization on OAuth sign-in callback silently re-enables administrator-disabled accounts CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-40842 Privilege Escalation via Access Token Scope Escalation in API CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-16922 Gitea Docker image trusts spoofable reverse-proxy headers by default CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-42043 Team-repository linking endpoint bypasses the RepoAdminChangeTeamAccess organization setting CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-40381 OIDC userinfo Endpoint Returns Identity Claims Without Enforcing API Token Scopes CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-25712 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-25712 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-37w2-86g3-h4qh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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