---
title: "CVE-2026-103504: Organization Team API - Broken Access Control"
description: "An organization team's permission change via API with only the 'permission' field does not rebuild per-unit access, letting organization owners unintentionally retain higher access levels, exploit requires organization owner privileges."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-103504/
---

# CVE-2026-103504 Organization Team API - Broken Access Control

An organization team's permission change via API with only the 'permission' field does not rebuild per-unit access, letting organization owners unintentionally retain higher access levels, exploit requires organization owner privileges.

CVSS base score 8.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.26% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-103504)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Broken Access Control

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Published

6 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-272](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/272.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version where API permission changes correctly rebuild per-unit access.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-103504](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-103504)
- [https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/](https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/)
- [https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38938](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38938)
- [https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0)
- [https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-x8c3-3rp8-2j46](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-x8c3-3rp8-2j46)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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