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CVE-2026-20888GO-2026-4366BIT-GITEA-2026-20888GHSA-9CGQ-WP42-4RPQGHSA-CCQ9-C5HV-CF64

Gitea Pull Requests Auto-Merge: Read-Only Users Can Cancel Scheduled Auto-Merge via Web Endpoint (Authorization Bypass)

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.25.4
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Gitea does not properly verify authorization when canceling scheduled auto-merges via the web interface. A user with read access to pull requests may be able to cancel auto-merges scheduled by other users.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Gitea Gitea Open Source Git Server

    through 1.25.3

  • code.gitea.io/giteaGo

    fixed in 1.25.4

  • github.com/go-gitea/giteaGo

    fixed in 1.25.4

References 5

GitHub · go-gitea/gitea

blog.gitea.com