Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by Gitea

CVE-2026-73535Gitea second-factor bypass through OpenID identity linking

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity 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 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Gitea's OpenID connect handler accepts a user's password without enforcing enrolled TOTP or WebAuthn verification before completing sign-in and linking an OpenID identifier. When OpenID sign-in is enabled, an attacker who knows the victim's password can obtain a session and link an attacker-controlled identifier. The attacker can then sign in through that identifier without the victim's password or second factor, and a password change does not remove the link.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Gitea	Gitea	0 – through 1.27.1

Weakness: CWE-304, CWE-696 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-8xjr-x7rg-hp5h vendor-advisory
Gitea 1.27.2 release announcement release-notes
Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #38805 patch
Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #38810 patch
go-gitea/gitea v1.27.2 release release-notes