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Gitea CVE-2026-55986

| EUVDEUVD-2026-58140 MEDIUM
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-08-13 Gitea
5.4
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Gitea
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Vendor (Gitea) PRIMARY
5.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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5.4 MEDIUM

Network-reachable API with low-privilege auth required; partial confidentiality and integrity impact on credential data; no availability or scope change.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Gitea).

CVSS VectorVendor: Gitea

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
Aug 14, 2026 - 21:37 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Aug 14, 2026 - 19:22 NVD
5.4 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
Aug 13, 2026 - 16:44 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

Email Management API Bypasses ManageCredentials Feature Restrictions

AnalysisAI

Gitea's Email Management API allows authenticated users to bypass access controls enforced by the ManageCredentials feature, enabling unauthorized credential-related actions on affected instances. All Gitea Open Source Git Server versions up to and including 1.26.4 are affected. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Obtain low-privilege Gitea account
Delivery
Authenticate to Gitea instance
Exploit
Send crafted Email Management API request
Execution
Bypass ManageCredentials permission check
Impact
Read or modify restricted credential data

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires a valid low-privilege authenticated account on the target Gitea instance (CVSS PR:L). … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) reflects a network-accessible flaw requiring low-privilege authentication (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N), with partial confidentiality and integrity impact but no availability impact. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An authenticated Gitea user with a low-privilege account - one that should be blocked from managing credentials by the ManageCredentials restriction - sends a crafted request to the Email Management API endpoint. Because the API does not enforce the ManageCredentials permission check, the request succeeds, allowing the attacker to read or alter credential data (such as OAuth tokens or deploy keys) belonging to other users or the instance. …
Remediation Vendor-released patch: v1.27.0. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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