Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by Gitea

CVE-2026-70396Gitea organization repository creation token scope bypass

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect authorization 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 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 65.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Gitea's organization repository-creation API requires write:organization but omits the write:repository token scope enforced by other repository-creation routes. A personal access token or OAuth application token without repository-write scope can therefore create organization-owned repositories if the authorizing user has permission to do so. This bypasses the token's delegated scope boundary while remaining subject to the user's organization permissions.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Gitea	Gitea	0 – through 1.27.2

Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-hxhc-246f-rvqc vendor-advisory
Gitea 1.27.3 release announcement release-notes
Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39007 patch
Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39014 patch
go-gitea/gitea v1.27.3 release release-notes