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title: "CVE-2026-94205: Gitea - Broken Access Control"
description: "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."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-94205/
---

# 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

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94205)

## 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](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/441.html)

## 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

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94205](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94205)
- [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-xh39-mxw9-34pp](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-xh39-mxw9-34pp)

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