CVE-2026-118395 (GCVE-0-2026-118395)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-01 09:48 – Updated: 2026-11-01 09:48
VLAI
Title
Gitea public-only token bypass in repository and organization creation
Summary
Gitea 1.27.3 stopped personal access tokens restricted to public resources (`public-only`) from creating repositories through `POST /api/v1/user/repos` and `POST /api/v1/repos/migrate`, but `POST /api/v1/org/{org}/repos`, `POST /api/v1/orgs/{org}/repos`, `POST /api/v1/orgs` and `POST /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/generate` still accepted such tokens. A holder of a public-only token with the needed write scopes could create private repositories in organizations where the token's owner may create repositories, create private organizations, and generate private repositories from templates. The token still could not read the private repositories it created.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
Gitea CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 61/100 over 185 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Gitea Gitea Affected: 0 , < 28.3.0 (semver)
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Credits
https://github.com/DshtAnger https://github.com/tao0845 https://github.com/d3do-23 https://github.com/venkatchalla06 https://github.com/shmulc8 https://github.com/silverwind
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