# CVE-2026-107618: Gitea cross-site request forgery on repository topics

- Also known as: GHSA-4JMF-H2CM-HG7W
- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Affected

- gitea.dev: through 28.1.0

## Description

`POST /{owner}/{repo}/topics` was registered without the sign-in middleware that provides the cross-origin protection, so a request issued by a third-party site was not rejected. A repository administrator who visited a malicious page could have the topics of their repository changed. No other repository settings were reachable through this route.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gitea.dev, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-4jmf-h2cm-hg7w
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39839
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39847
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.2.0/
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.2.0

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