CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2026-20912 — Gitea does not properly validate repository ownership when linking attachments to releases
Critical
CVSS 9.1
Gitea does not properly validate repository ownership when linking attachments to releases. An attachment uploaded to a private repository could potentially be linked to a release in a different public repository, making it accessible to unauthorized users.
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.1 (3.1)
- Published
- 2026-01-22
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- software/application
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284, CWE-639, CWE-283
Affected products
- gitea / gitea
Matched remediation archetype
Authorization bypass, IDOR, and cross-tenant access
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Check exposure
- Map object and action authorization checks across API, UI, batch, import/export, and background-job paths.
- Identify tenant, ownership, role, and policy boundaries for affected resources and administrative operations.
- Use synthetic fixtures to compare intended access matrices without accessing another user's real data.
Remediate safely
- Enforce server-side authorization at each resource access and state transition using the authenticated principal and trusted tenant context.
- Scope data queries by tenant and ownership; treat client-supplied identifiers, roles, and policy claims as untrusted.
- Add deny-by-default policy tests for horizontal and vertical access across every affected transport.
Authoritative sources
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