Gitea versions up to and including 1.26.1 allow the Allow edits from maintainers permission path to authorize commits to repositories that the user can read but should not be able to write.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Gitea | Gitea Open Source Git Server | unaffected |
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| Source | ID | Title |
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 Github GHSA |
GHSA-mm7c-rhg6-qr4r | Gitea: Authorization Bypass via "Allow edits from maintainers" allows unauthorized commits to any readable repo |
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Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | Gitea versions up to and including 1.26.1 allow the Allow edits from maintainers permission path to authorize commits to repositories that the user can read but should not be able to write. | |
| Title | Gitea maintainer-edit permissions allow unauthorized commits to readable repositories | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-863 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Gitea
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-03T20:19:34.133Z
Reserved: 2026-03-03T03:25:59.965Z
Link: CVE-2026-26231
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