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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-73814 EUVD-2026-101109

Gitea repository ownership escalation by administrators

Published Oct 14, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026 · Assigned by Gitea

Description

Gitea's collaboration access-mode endpoint accepts the Owner access mode from an authenticated repository collaborator with Admin access. The collaborator can promote their effective permissions from Admin to Owner and then perform owner-only operations, including transferring the repository to their own account. This bypasses the intended boundary between repository administration and ownership.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Gitea Gitea ≤ 1.27.1 —

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