Vulnerability · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Assigned by Gitea

CVE-2026-119441Gitea public-only token bypass on bulk organization repository deletion

Unrated

In plain English

A 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 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 95.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

`DELETE /api/v1/orgs/{org}/repos` deletes all repositories of an organization, but it did not enforce the public-only restriction of access tokens: the route only checked that the organization itself was public. A public-only token of an owner of a public organization could therefore permanently delete the organization's private repositories, which such a token must not reach. Routes that require organization ownership now reject public-only tokens.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Gitea	Gitea	1.27.0 – before 28.3.0

Weakness: CWE-863

References

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-jh8p-x4ch-389q vendor-advisory
Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39690 patch
Fix backport to release/v28: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39853 patch
Gitea 28.3.0 release announcement release-notes
go-gitea/gitea v28.3.0 release release-notes