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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2026-20888 BIT-gitea-2026-20888EUVD-2026-4265GHSA-9cgq-wp42-4rpqGHSA-ccq9-c5hv-cf64GO-2026-4366

Gitea Pull Requests Auto-Merge: Read-Only Users Can Cancel Scheduled Auto-Merge via Web Endpoint (Authorization Bypass)

Published Jan 22, 2026 · Updated Jan 23, 2026 · Assigned by Gitea

Description

Gitea does not properly verify authorization when canceling scheduled auto-merges via the web interface. A user with read access to pull requests may be able to cancel auto-merges scheduled by other users.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Gitea Gitea Open Source Git Server ≤ 1.25.3 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260205T172317-150000.1.146.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0403-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go code.gitea.io/gitea < 1.25.4 1.25.4 GO-2026-4366
Go github.com/go-gitea/gitea < 1.25.4 1.25.4 GHSA-9cgq-wp42-4rpq

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