[ CVE-2026-116296 · Published 1 Nov 2026 ]

Vulnerability in Gitea

Not scored yet EPSS <1%1 agency advisoryNo fix listed yet

[ Description ]Official description

The API routes for releases, release assets, milestones and repository labels did not reject changes to archived repositories. A user with write access to an archived repository, or a holder of such a user's write-scoped token, could replace or delete release assets while keeping their download URLs, delete releases and tags, and create, edit or delete milestones and labels of a repository that is meant to be read-only. Changing requests on these routes now return 423 Locked for archived repositories.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

  • BSI CERT-BundWID-SEC-2026-4281

    Gitea: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

    CVE-2026-118504CVE-2026-117677CVE-2026-119441+15 more CVEs