CVE-2026-28699: high-severity vulnerability in Gitea Open Source Git Server
Gitea Basic Auth bypasses OAuth2 access token scopes
Published · Updated
41Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 8.1epss 0.6%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDJul 3
1st PoCJun 11
exploitation probability
0.6%top 55% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
Gitea versions up to and including 1.26.1 allow OAuth2 access token scope enforcement to be bypassed through HTTP Basic authentication.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected products
Gitea · Gitea Open Source Git Serverpublic PoCs found — 1
githubgithub.com/Alardiians/gitea-CVE-2026-28699★ 1⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
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