VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2026-27775
Gitea 1.25.5 caches a branch-specific write-permission result across multiple refs in one pre-receive hook session, allowing a per-branch maintainer-edit grant to be reused for other refs and escalate to full repository write access.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.52%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Gitea 1.25.5 caches a branch-specific write-permission result across multiple refs in one pre-receive hook session, allowing a per-branch maintainer-edit grant to be reused for other refs and escalate to full repository write access.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.52% probability · 43th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Source
- 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.