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Gitea CVE-2026-66853

| EUVDEUVD-2026-101087 MEDIUM
Information Exposure (CWE-200)
N/A vendor:alpine
4.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: vendor:alpine
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Unknown vulnerability
  2. Exploit
    Exploit Gitea instance
  3. Impact
    Undetermined impact

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation conditions are entirely unknown. No CVSS vector, description, or CWE is available to determine whether special configuration, authentication, network adjacency, or user interaction is required. No statement can be made about whether this affects default or non-default Gitea deployments.

Impact

Risk cannot be meaningfully assessed from the available data. No CVSS vector, EPSS score, KEV listing, POC, or vulnerability description is present. The sole intelligence signal is an Alpine Linux vendor package fix entry. Without knowing the attack vector, privileges required, scope, or confidentiality/integrity/availability impact, no comparative risk prioritization is possible. Security teams operating Alpine Linux environments running Gitea should treat the package upgrade as the minimum required action, but cannot assess urgency beyond that without consulting upstream Gitea release notes or the corresponding upstream security advisory.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An exploit scenario cannot be constructed from the available data because the vulnerability description, attack vector, and impact are all absent. No POC or KEV listing exists at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – 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 details - including attack vector, impact, and root cause - are not disclosed in the available intelligence data. The fix is confirmed via the Alpine Linux vendor advisory, but no NVD description, CVSS vector, CWE classification, or technical writeup accompanies this CVE record at the time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Upgrade the Alpine Linux gitea package to version 1.27.3-r0 or later using the standard Alpine package manager: 'apk upgrade gitea'. No workarounds or compensating controls can be recommended because the vulnerability's nature is unknown. Administrators should also consult the upstream Gitea security advisories and release notes for version 1.27.3 to understand whether additional configuration changes are recommended alongside the package upgrade.

Affected VersionsENISA

Gitea 0 ≤1.27.2

Affected Packages

euvd gitea no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

Gitea is a lightweight, open-source self-hosted Git service written in Go, commonly packaged and distributed by Linux distributions including Alpine Linux. The Alpine Linux package ecosystem uses its own versioning scheme (e.g., 1.27.3-r0 denotes upstream Gitea 1.27.3, Alpine revision 0). No CWE is assigned, and no CPE string is provided, so the root cause class and exact affected component within Gitea cannot be determined from available data.

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Severity by source

Vendor (vendor:alpine) PRIMARY 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from Vendor (vendor:alpine) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: vendor:alpine

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Alpine Linux: gitea fixed in 1.27.3-r0

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 71% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular self-hosted Git service, common in developer and SMB environments
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.4%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

22
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +22
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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