CVE-2020-13246
Denial of Service in Gitea
An issue was discovered in Gitea through 1.11.5. An attacker can trigger a deadlock by initiating a transfer of a repository's ownership from one organization to another.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Gitea through 1.11.5. An attacker can trigger a deadlock by initiating a transfer of a repository's ownership from one organization to another.
- Record
CVE-2020-13246- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-667
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Gitea through 1.11.5. An attacker can trigger a deadlock by initiating a transfer of a repository's ownership from one organization to another.
- Record
CVE-2020-13246- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-0993 No score
An issue was discovered in Gitea through 1.11.5. An attacker can trigger a deadlock by initiating a transfer of a repository's ownership from one organization to another.
- Record
EUVD-2022-0993- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g2qx-6ghw-67hm
Denial of Service in Gitea
An issue was discovered in Gitea in which an attacker can trigger a deadlock by initiating a transfer of a repository's ownership from one organization to another.
- Record
GHSA-g2qx-6ghw-67hm- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-667
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in Gitea through 1.11.5. An attacker can trigger a deadlock by initiating a transfer of a repository's ownership from one organization to another.
- Record
CVE-2020-13246- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-g2qx-6ghw-67hm
Denial of Service in Gitea
An issue was discovered in Gitea in which an attacker can trigger a deadlock by initiating a transfer of a repository's ownership from one organization to another.
- Record
GHSA-g2qx-6ghw-67hm- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-667
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-gitea-2020-13246 No score
An issue was discovered in Gitea through 1.11.5. An attacker can trigger a deadlock by initiating a transfer of a repository's ownership from one organization to another.
- Record
BIT-gitea-2020-13246- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2022-0830 No score
Denial of Service in Gitea in code.gitea.io/gitea
Denial of Service in Gitea in code.gitea.io/gitea
- Record
GO-2022-0830- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/go-gitea/giteaGo |
before 1.12.0 | 1.12.0 |
giteaBitnami |
before 1.11.6 | 1.11.6 |
code.gitea.io/giteaGo |
before 1.12.0 | 1.12.0 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-13246 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Gitea, published May 20, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.99%, the 80th percentile. Fixed in github.com/go-gitea/gitea 1.12.0.