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CVE-2026-118395— Gitea public-only token bypass in repository and organization creation

Quick assessment

Affected

Gitea Gitea

Exploitation

No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure

Recommended action

Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

Gitea 1.27.3 已阻止被限制为仅访问公共资源（）的个人访问令牌（PAT）通过和接口创建仓库。然而，、、以及接口仍接受此类令牌。若持有者拥有具备相应写入权限范围的令牌，则可在令牌所有者有权创建仓库的组织中创建私有仓库、创建私有组织，以及从模板生成私有仓库。尽管该令牌无法读取其自身创建的私有仓库，但上述操作仍可成功执行。

AI Predicted 7.5 Difficulty: Moderate Updated Nov 01, 2026

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 3 AI

T1078 · Valid Accounts T1552 · Unsecured Credentials T1190 · Exploit Public-Facing Application

Affected Version Matrix 1

Vendor	Product	Version Range	Status
Gitea	Gitea	`< 28.3.0`	affected

Updated Nov 01, 2026

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Vulnerability Title

Gitea public-only token bypass in repository and organization creation

Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Vulnerability Description

Gitea 1.27.3 stopped personal access tokens restricted to public resources (`public-only`) from creating repositories through `POST /api/v1/user/repos` and `POST /api/v1/repos/migrate`, but `POST /api/v1/org/{org}/repos`, `POST /api/v1/orgs/{org}/repos`, `POST /api/v1/orgs` and `POST /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/generate` still accepted such tokens. A holder of a public-only token with the needed write scopes could create private repositories in organizations where the token's owner may create repositories, create private organizations, and generate private repositories from templates. The token still could not read the private repositories it created.

Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

CVSS Information

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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Vulnerability Type

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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected Versions	CPE	Subscribe
Gitea	Gitea	0 ~ 28.3.0	-

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Other References for CVE-2026-118395 (5)

https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.3.0 release-notes
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.3.0/ release-notes
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39690 patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-x5v4-836g-f95x vendor-advisory
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39853 patch

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118395

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CVE-2026-118504		Gitea issue changes on archived repositories through the API
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