CVE-2026-20750: critical vulnerability in Gitea Open Source Git Server
Gitea Organization Projects Cross-Organization Authorization Bypass via Project ID (IDOR)
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28Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 9.1epss 0.4%
Gitea does not properly validate project ownership in organization project operations. A user with project write access in one organization may be able to modify projects belonging to a different organization.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected products
Gitea · Gitea Open Source Git ServerRelated CVEs — Gitea Open Source Git Server
In the same product, most dangerous first.
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References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-20750https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.4/https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2432216https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36318https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36373https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.4https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-h4fh-pc4w-8w27https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-20750.json