8.1

CVE-2026-96404

Gitea installer authentication bypass for existing accounts

When Gitea's web installer is reachable against a database that already contains users, such as after `INSTALL_LOCK` has been reset to `false`, submitting the install form with an administrator username matching an existing account issued an authenticated session for that account without verifying its password. If the account is an administrator, the session grants full administrative access, including changing the account's password. Databases with a single user also did not require the reinstall confirmation.
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HerstellerGitea
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Produkt Gitea
Default Statusunaffected
Version <= 1.27.3
Version 0
Status affected
VulnDex Vulnerability Enrichment
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.41% 0.335
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
CISA-ADP 8.1 2.2 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-287 Improper Authentication

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-9h7g-h754-c8x2
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39400