Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAccess Gitea instance
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ExploitTrigger unknown vulnerability
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ImpactAchieve unknown impact
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Privilege assignment review
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation conditions cannot be determined - no CVSS vector, CWE, or technical description is available. The only known fact is that Alpine Linux patched Gitea to 1.27.3-r0. Whether exploitation requires authentication, a specific Gitea feature to be enabled, network access, or local access is entirely unknown from the provided data. Defenders should consult upstream Gitea security advisories for specific exploitation prerequisites once they are published. |
| Impact | Risk assessment is severely constrained by the near-total absence of technical metadata: no CVSS vector, no CWE, no EPSS score, no KEV listing, and no POC indicator are present. The sole signal is that Alpine Linux's security team deemed this important enough to issue a dedicated patched package, which suggests at minimum a real security impact. Without knowing the attack vector, privileges required, or impact scope, even a mid-sized municipal IT team in radom operating a self-hosted Gitea instance should treat this as urgent - applying the patch and monitoring upstream Gitea release notes for disclosed CVE details. The absence of CISA KEV listing and no reported POC means active exploitation is not confirmed, but the unknown nature of the vulnerability precludes confident risk downgrading. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Without a disclosed vulnerability class or CVSS vector, no credible exploit scenario can be constructed from available data. An attacker targeting a self-hosted Gitea instance might exploit the unknown flaw depending on whether it is network-accessible, authenticated, or configuration-dependent - none of which can be determined. No POC has been identified. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 06, 2026
Gitea, the self-hosted Git service, received a security fix in Alpine Linux package version 1.27.3-r0. The underlying vulnerability class and technical mechanism are not disclosed in available intelligence - the only confirmed data point is that Alpine Linux issued a patched package. Organizations running Gitea via Alpine Linux apk repositories should treat this as an uncharacterized security fix requiring immediate update.
RemediationAI
Upgrade the Alpine Linux gitea package to version 1.27.3-r0 or later using 'apk update && apk upgrade gitea'. This is the only confirmed patch source available at time of analysis. For non-Alpine deployments, consult the upstream Gitea project release notes and security advisories at gitea.com to identify the corresponding upstream fix version. If immediate patching is not feasible, consider restricting Gitea's network exposure - placing it behind a VPN or IP allowlist - until the vulnerability class is disclosed and a risk-appropriate workaround can be identified. No specific compensating control can be recommended without knowing the vulnerability type.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Gitea is an open-source, self-hosted Git service written in Go, providing repository hosting, issue tracking, CI integration, and user management. It is commonly deployed on lightweight Linux distributions including Alpine Linux, where it is maintained as an apk package. The Alpine Linux security team issued a patched package at version 1.27.3-r0. No CWE classification is available, and the precise root cause - whether authentication, injection, path traversal, deserialization, or another class - cannot be determined from the provided data. CPE data is absent from the submission.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Primary rating from Vendor (vendor:alpine) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: vendor:alpine
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Alpine Linux: gitea fixed in 1.27.3-r0
Threat Intelligence Overview
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