Vulnerability advisory

CVE-2026-20904

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

Published Updated OSV record ↗

Also known as BIT-gitea-2026-20904GHSA-jrpc-w85r-hgqxGHSA-qqgv-v353-cv8pGO-2026-4369

Severity
  • CVSS 3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected versions

Repository

Affected commitsFixed by commit
GIT github.com/go-gitea/gitea ↗
All commits before 369830bada2fd8826a5135cb2fc66660a9bef708369830bada2fd8826a5135cb2fc66660a9bef708
Also listed as affected (43)
  • v1.25.3
  • v1.25.2
  • v1.25.1
  • v1.25.0
  • v1.25.0-rc0
  • v1.26.0-dev
  • v1.25.0-dev
  • v1.24.0-dev
  • v1.22.0-rc1
  • v1.23.0-dev
  • v1.22.0-rc0
  • v1.21.0-rc0
  • v1.22.0-dev
  • v1.20.0-rc0
  • v1.21.0-dev
  • v1.20.0-dev
  • v1.19.0-rc0
  • v1.18.0-rc0
  • v1.19.0-dev
  • v1.18.0-dev
  • v1.17.0-dev
  • v1.16.0-rc1
  • v1.15.0-rc1
  • v1.16.0-dev
  • v1.15.0-dev
  • v1.14.0-dev
  • v1.13.0-dev
  • v1.12.0-dev
  • v1.10.5
  • v1.11.0-rc1
  • v1.10.0-rc1
  • v1.11.0-dev
  • v1.9.0-rc1
  • v1.10.0-dev
  • v1.9.0-dev
  • v1.7.0-dev
  • v1.6.0-rc1
  • v1.6.0-dev
  • v1.5.0-rc1
  • v1.5.0-dev
  • v1.1.0
  • v1.0.0
  • v0.9.99

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.

References

  • Codex
  • Claude Code
  • VS Code
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Cursor
  • Cline
  • Windsurf
  • Google Anti-gravity
  • OpenCode
  • Pi
  • Gemini CLI
  • Hermes Agent
  • Zed
  • Junie
  • Qwen Code
  • Kiro
  • Kilo Code
  • Factory Droid

Set up GitHits for your agents

Run this command:

<> bash
npx githits@latest init

What happens next:

  1. Opens your browser to authorize GitHits
  2. Asks whether to set up GitHits at the user or project level
  3. Detects your supported AI coding tools
  4. Lets you choose which tools to configure
  5. Configures the selected tools