CVE-2026-20888 (GCVE-0-2026-20888)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-22 22:01 – Updated: 2026-01-23 21:54
VLAI?
Title
Gitea Pull Requests Auto-Merge: Read-Only Users Can Cancel Scheduled Auto-Merge via Web Endpoint (Authorization Bypass)
Summary
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.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Gitea Gitea Open Source Git Server Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.25.3 (semver)
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Credits
spingARbor
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