Vulnerability advisory

GO-2026-5510

Gitea: Authorization Bypass via "Allow edits from maintainers" allows unauthorized commits to any readable repo in code.gitea.io/gitea

Published Updated OSV record ↗

Also known as CVE-2026-26231GHSA-mm7c-rhg6-qr4r

Severity

Severity not reported.

Affected versions

AffectedFixed in
All versions before 1.26.21.26.2

Description

Gitea: Authorization Bypass via "Allow edits from maintainers" allows unauthorized commits to any readable repo in code.gitea.io/gitea

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