CVE-2026-94205 Gitea - Broken Access Control

Gitea Actions contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by incorrect approval checks on fork pull request runs, letting attackers run fork-controlled workflow code on base repository runners without explicit approval, exploit requires Actions enabled and matching runner registered.

CVSS base score 9.8 /10
Critical
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
Proof of concept available
Authentication
Not required
EPSS
0.36% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Broken Access Control
Impact
Remote Code Execution, Privilege Escalation
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
6 October 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-441

Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with proper approval checks for fork pull request runs.

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

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