---
title: "CVE-2026-71184: Gitea - Broken Access Control"
description: "Gitea contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by pull request review notifier not attaching pull requests to Actions notifications, letting attackers execute fork-controlled workflow code on base repository runners without maintainer approval, exploit requires pull request review events."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-71184/
---

# CVE-2026-71184 Gitea - Broken Access Control

Gitea contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by pull request review notifier not attaching pull requests to Actions notifications, letting attackers execute fork-controlled workflow code on base repository runners without maintainer approval, exploit requires pull request review events.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71184)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Remote Code Execution, Broken Access Control

CVSS vector

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

Published

14 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-863](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with the fix for pull request review notifier.

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-2026-71184](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71184)
- [https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.3/](https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.3/)
- [https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39005](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39005)
- [https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39018](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39018)
- [https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.3](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.3)
- [https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-7w2r-xwp6-mh6c](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-7w2r-xwp6-mh6c)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
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