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CVE-2026-70406: Gitea private comparison disclosure with public-only tokens

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 26/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.34% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • No fixed version is recorded, but the references include a patch (commit or PR) link.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. See the fix and affected versions sections below.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Gitea's shared comparison helper omits the token repository-access check used when updating pull requests. A public-only token with read:repository scope can route a comparison or pull request creation through a public base repository and retrieve commit history and diffs from a private head repository accessible to the token owner. This bypasses the token's public-only restriction; it does not remove the account's underlying repository permission checks.

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Oct 14, 2026
Updated
Oct 14, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 27th percentile

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Action score

26

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Gitea). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Gitea Gitea

    • up to and including 1.27.2affected · semver

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-60004Gitea before 1.27.1 allows remote code execution via the diffpatch API through Git hook installation.KEV
    76This week
  • CVE-2026-59774Gitea Org-mode file disclosure and code execution
    60This week
  • CVE-2022-30781Gitea before 1.16.7 does not escape git fetch remote.
    60This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-70400Oct 14, 2026 · Gitea private migration creation with public-only tokens
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-70402Oct 14, 2026 · Gitea local code execution through writable Git hooks
    23Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-70407Oct 14, 2026 · Gitea organization listing token scope bypass
    17Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-11628918 days apartGitea public-only token bypass through Actions runner registration
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-11768518 days apartGitea public-only package token access to private OCI blobs
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-711840 days apartGitea fork workflow approval bypass through review events
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-11944118 days apartGitea public-only token bypass on bulk organization repository deletion
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2026-799608 days apartGitea deploy key pushes acting as the repository owner
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2026-866848 days apartGitea push mirror local path check uses the repository owner
    28Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

  1. CVSS— → 6.5
  2. Severity— → medium
  3. SSVC exploitation— → none
  4. Exploit maturity— → none

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References

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