5.3

CVE-2026-28705: gitea gitea open source git server Path Traversal

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesGHSA-7jvx-g65v-r899GO-2026-6337
Published 03-07-2026Last modified 07-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-28705 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Path Traversal vulnerability in gitea gitea open source git server. EPSS estimates a 0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.45%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21812-1SUSE-SU-2026:23692-1SUSE-SU-2026:23712-1

Timeline

  1. 03-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Gitea versions before 1.25.5 use release tag names and asset names as filesystem path components when dumping release assets, allowing specially crafted names to affect dump output paths.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

38%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.45% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.45%

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

Code.gitea.io1 product
  • gitea< 1.25.5
Gitea1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

10 links