6.5

CVE-2026-20800: gitea

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesGHSA-2vgv-hgv4-22mhBIT-gitea-2026-20800GHSA-g54m-9f6g-wj7q
Published 22-01-2026Last modified 23-01-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-20800 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in gitea. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.40%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 22-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Gitea's notification API does not re-validate repository access permissions when returning notification details. After a user's access to a private repository is revoked, they may still view issue and pull request titles through previously received notifications.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

32%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.38% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Gitea2 products
Code.gitea.io1 product
  • gitea< 1.25.4
Github.com/go-gitea1 product
  • gitea< 1.25.4

3 vendors · 4 products

References

9 links