CVE-2026-118395
Gitea public-only token bypass in repository and organization creation
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.
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
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Gitea public-only token bypass in repository and organization creation
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-118395- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-06
EUVDEUVD-2026-114803
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.
- Record
EUVD-2026-114803- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-06
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-118395- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-06
OSV
Gitea public-only token bypass in repository and organization creation
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-118395- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-07
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| cwes, severity | CVE List | |
| facts, severity | EUVD, OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-118395 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Gitea, published November 1, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-x5v4-836g-f95x
blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.3.0
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118395