High 7.5Published Jul 3, 2026

CVE-2026-24451Gitea fork synchronization can expose private parent repository data

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 1:50 PM ET)

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Gitea 1.26.2 allows fork synchronization to continue after a parent repository changes from public to private, exposing data to a fork that should no longer be authorized.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200, CWE-284
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Gitea
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jul 7, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Gitea Gitea Open Source Git Server gitea:open_source_git_server (from the name)	1.26.2	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-wrf9-r3h7-7x5v	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38151	patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.26.3	release-notes
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.26.3-and-1.26.4/	release-notes

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