Vulnerability · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Assigned by Gitea

CVE-2026-118504Gitea issue changes on archived repositories through the API

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In plain English

A security flaw in Gitea from Gitea. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The web interface blocks issue and pull request changes on archived repositories, but several issue routes of the REST API did not check whether the repository is archived. A user allowed to change issues of an archived repository could use the API to edit, close or delete issues, change labels and deadlines, add or delete tracked time and stopwatches, add reactions, change issue blocks, and pin issues, altering data that archiving is meant to freeze. Gitea 28.2.0 added the check to the issue edit, delete and label routes; Gitea 28.3.0 applies it to all modifying repository API requests.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Gitea	Gitea	0 – before 28.3.0

References

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-vmrc-8q2x-573x vendor-advisory
Partial fix (issue edit, delete and labels): go-gitea/gitea pull request #39839 patch
Partial fix backport to release/v28: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39847 patch
Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39942 patch
Fix backport to release/v28: go-gitea/gitea pull request #40085 patch
Gitea 28.3.0 release announcement release-notes
go-gitea/gitea v28.3.0 release release-notes