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CVE-2026-20904

Gitea does not properly validate ownership when toggling OpenID URI visibility. An authenticated user may be able to cha

Gitea does not properly validate ownership when toggling OpenID URI visibility. An authenticated user may be able to change the visibility settings of other users' OpenID identities.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.00018
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-284Improper Access Control
CWE-639Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
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Affected Products & Versions

1
gitea< 1.25.4
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Affected Packages

2
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Go code.gitea.io/gitea fixed in 1.25.4
Go github.com/go-gitea/gitea MODERATE fixed in 1.25.4
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Scoring & Timeline

6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD22 Jan 2026 · 10:16 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.4/Release Notes
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36346Issue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36361Issue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.4Release Notes
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-jrpc-w85r-hgqxBroken Link
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