Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by Gitea

CVE-2026-73814Gitea repository ownership escalation by administrators

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-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 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Gitea's collaboration access-mode endpoint accepts the Owner access mode from an authenticated repository collaborator with Admin access. The collaborator can promote their effective permissions from Admin to Owner and then perform owner-only operations, including transferring the repository to their own account. This bypasses the intended boundary between repository administration and ownership.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Gitea	Gitea	0 – through 1.27.1

Weakness: CWE-266 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

References

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-h62v-wmrr-5qjq vendor-advisory
Gitea 1.27.2 release announcement release-notes
Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #38894 patch
Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #38895 patch
go-gitea/gitea v1.27.2 release release-notes