Gitea versions up to and including 1.26.1 allow OAuth2 access token scope enforcement to be bypassed through HTTP Basic authentication.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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No CVSS v2

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Gitea Gitea Open Source Git Server unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 1.26.1

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9r5x-wg6m-x2rc Gitea: OAuth2 access token scope enforcement bypass via HTTP Basic authentication
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.26.2/ cve-icon
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/37503 cve-icon
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.26.2 cve-icon
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-9r5x-wg6m-x2rc cve-icon
History

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Gitea versions up to and including 1.26.1 allow OAuth2 access token scope enforcement to be bypassed through HTTP Basic authentication.
Title Gitea Basic Auth bypasses OAuth2 access token scopes
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Gitea

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-03T20:19:38.663Z

Reserved: 2026-03-03T03:25:50.232Z

Link: CVE-2026-28699

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