---
title: "CVE-2026-104626: Gitea - Remote Code Execution"
description: "Gitea contains a concurrency handling vulnerability in Actions workflow approval process, caused by improper job cancellation and re-queuing, letting fork pull request users execute code after maintainer approval, exploit requires maintainer approval and enabled Actions with a matching runner."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-104626/
---

# CVE-2026-104626 Gitea - Remote Code Execution

Gitea contains a concurrency handling vulnerability in Actions workflow approval process, caused by improper job cancellation and re-queuing, letting fork pull request users execute code after maintainer approval, exploit requires maintainer approval and enabled Actions with a matching runner.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.33% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104626)

## Details

Type

Remote Code Execution

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

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

Published

6 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-841](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/841.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with concurrency handling fixes.

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-2026-104626](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104626)
- [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/39399](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39399)
- [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-93pj-3x56-5gc2](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-93pj-3x56-5gc2)

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