Description
Gitea does not properly validate project ownership in organization project operations. A user with project write access in one organization may be able to modify projects belonging to a different organization.
Published: 2026-01-22
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Cross-organization project modification due to authorization bypass
Action: Immediate Patch
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-rw22-5hhq-pfpf Gitea does not properly validate project ownership in organization project operations
History

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Critical


Fri, 23 Jan 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Gitea
Gitea gitea
Vendors & Products Gitea
Gitea gitea

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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Description Gitea does not properly validate project ownership in organization project operations. A user with project write access in one organization may be able to modify projects belonging to a different organization.
Title Gitea Organization Projects Cross-Organization Authorization Bypass via Project ID (IDOR)
Weaknesses CWE-284
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Gitea

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-23T21:54:39.525Z

Reserved: 2026-01-08T23:02:37.565Z

Link: CVE-2026-20750

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-23T21:12:23.797Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-01-22T22:16:17.370

Modified: 2026-01-29T21:48:07.563

Link: CVE-2026-20750

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2026-01-22T22:01:49Z

Links: CVE-2026-20750 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-18T19:00:08Z

Weaknesses