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CVE-2026-20904

Gitea: Broken access control in OpenID visibility toggle enables cross-user visibility changes

Published: Jan 22, 2026Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-284
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 80.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Gitea does not properly validate ownership when toggling OpenID URI visibility. An authenticated user may be able to change the visibility settings of other users' OpenID identities.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-284CWE-639

Affected Products

Gitea
oss-projectaka gitea open source git server
giteaOn-premWeb App
DevTools & CI / source-control
Gitea Open Source Git ServerOn-premWeb App
DevTools & CI / artifact-registry
Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/go-gitea/gitea
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.4/
blog.gitea.com
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36346
github.com
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36361
github.com
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