CVE-2026-25038: Gitea private organization labels are visible to unauthorized users
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-25038 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in gitea gitea open source git server. EPSS estimates a 0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3Timeline
- 03-07-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-07-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Gitea 1.26.2 allows unauthorized users to access labels of private organizations.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.62%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
50%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.14 pp
From 0.48% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorThe product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
- CWE-862Missing AuthorizationThe product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Code.gitea.io1 product
- gitea< 1.26.3
Gitea1 product
2 vendors · 2 products
References
8 links- blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.26.3-and-1.26.4/Release Notes
- github.com/go-gitea/giteaPACKAGE