Forgejo before 16.0.4 allows use of restricted API tokens for unintended access to the "allow maintainer edit" feature.
Priority LOW 16CWE-863Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
Forgejo before 16.0.4 allows use of restricted API tokens for unintended access to the "allow maintainer edit" feature.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00231 13th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Forgejo (Forgejo): 16.0.4, 15.0.8
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Forgejo (Forgejo) Fixed in 16.0.4, 15.0.8
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89151
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jxfm-4h2p-76mq
References
More Forgejo vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-83009 Forgejo server-side request forgery via OpenID Discovery CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-83010 Path traversal in Forgejo restore-repo lets attackers read files CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2026-83011 Forgejo API lets authenticated users read other users' SSH keys CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-60375 Forgejo before 16.0.4 allows remote code execution via a crafted template repository… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-42282 Forgejo < 15.0.3 - Stored XSS via Actions Run Full Name Rendering CVSS 4.0LOW 2.1
- TI-2025-42393 Forgejo before 13.0.2 allows attackers to write to unintended files, and possibly obtain… CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-89151 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89151 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jxfm-4h2p-76mq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89151 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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