Vulnerability advisory

GHSA-m5ch-ppfx-xv3v

Gitea OAuth2 PKCE S256 verifier bypass

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Also known as CVE-2026-26247GO-2026-6342

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

Affected versions

AffectedFixed in
All versions before 1.25.51.25.5

Description

Gitea versions before 1.25.5 do not persist the OAuth2 PKCE S256 challenge method correctly during authorization, allowing token exchange without the expected verifier check.

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