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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-116289

Gitea public-only token bypass through Actions runner registration

Published Nov 1, 2026 · catalog updated Nov 1, 2026 · Gitea Gitea

Last checked Nov 7, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-116289. EPSS is 0.28%. Act only if a listed version of Gitea Gitea is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.28%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Gitea Gitea

Gitea did not reject personal access tokens restricted to public resources ( ) on the organization Actions runner registration-token endpoint, and the runner registered with the resulting token was not limited to public repositories. Holding only such a token with that belongs to an owner of a public organization, an attacker could register an organization-level runner and receive jobs of the organization's private repositories that have Actions enabled, including the workflow content, Actions secrets and variables, and a task token with access to the private repository. The issue widens what the restricted token can reach; it gives nothing beyond what the owner's full account can already do.

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  • vendor Gitea Giteaversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-116289

  • No stored fix

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  • Version check

    No version range is stored, so an installed version cannot be checked on this page.

  • Advisory

    Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-116289. EPSS is 0.28%. Act only if a listed version of Gitea Gitea is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization. EPSS 0.28%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 1, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Gitea did not reject personal access tokens restricted to public resources ( ) on the organization Actions runner registration-token endpoint, and the runner registered with the resulting token was not limited to public repositories. Holding only such a token with that belongs to an owner of a public organization, an attacker could register an organization-level runner and receive jobs of the orga

  2. Nov 1, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Gitea did not reject personal access tokens restricted to public resources ( ) on the organization Actions runner registration-token endpoint, and the runner registered with the resulting token was not limited to public repositories. Holding only such a token with that belongs to an owner of a public organization, an attacker could register an organization-level runner and receive jobs of the orga

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-116289

    Gitea did not reject personal access tokens restricted to public resources ( ) on the organization Actions runner registration-token endpoint, and the runner registered with the resulting token was not limited to public repositories. Holding only such a token with that belongs to

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-116289

    30-day exploitation probability 0.28%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-116289

    Gitea did not reject personal access tokens restricted to public resources ( ) on the organization Actions runner registration-token endpoint, and the runner registered with the resulting token was not limited to public repositories. Holding only such a token with `wr

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 7, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 7, 2026
  • CVE.orgNov 2, 2026
  • NIST NVDNov 1, 2026