Gitea pull request branch permission checks allow unauthorized updates and rebases

HIGH 7.5CVE-2026-24690 · GHSA-47rq-xp99-92mx · GO-2026-6334 · Published 03/07/2026 · updated 25/10/2026

In short

CVE-2026-24690 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting code.gitea.io/gitea.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.45%, higher than 39.2% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.25.5 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
code.gitea.io/gitea Go	`< 1.25.5`	`1.25.5`

Gitea versions before 1.25.5 have insufficient permission checks for updating or rebasing pull request branches.

NVD description

Gitea versions before 1.25.5 have insufficient permission checks for updating or rebasing pull request branches.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

< 1.25.5

1.25.5

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