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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-70396

Gitea's organization repository-creation API requires write:organization but omits the write:repository token scope enforced by other repository-creation routes.

Published Oct 14, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 18, 2026 · Gitea's organization repository-creation API

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-70396. EPSS is 0.29%. Act only if a listed version of Gitea's organization repository-creation API is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Gitea's organization repository-creation API).
  • 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.
Severity
Medium5.4
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.29%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
See sources for product scope

Gitea's organization repository-creation API requires write:organization but omits the write:repository token scope enforced by other repository-creation routes. A personal access token or OAuth application token without repository-write scope can therefore create organization-owned repositories if the authorizing user has permission to do so. This bypasses the token's delegated scope boundary while remaining subject to the user's organization permissions.

No affected version ranges are stored yet. Use the vendor advisory before you decide this record does not apply.

How to fix CVE-2026-70396

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-2026-70396. EPSS is 0.29%. Act only if a listed version of Gitea's organization repository-creation API 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 0.29%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Gitea's organization repository-creation API requires write:organization but omits the write:repository token scope enforced by other repository-creation routes. A personal access token or OAuth application token without repository-write scope can therefore create organization-owned repositories if the authorizing user has permission to do so. This bypasses the token's delegated scope boundary whi

  2. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Gitea's organization repository-creation API requires write:organization but omits the write:repository token scope enforced by other repository-creation routes. A personal access token or OAuth application token without repository-write scope can therefore create organization-owned repositories if the authorizing user has permission to do so. This bypasses the token's delegated scope boundary whi

  3. Oct 18, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Gitea's organization repository-creation API requires write:organization but omits the write:repository token scope enforced by other repository-creation routes. A personal access token or OAuth application token without repository-write scope can therefore create organization-owned repositories if the authorizing user has permission to do so. This bypasses the token's delegated scope boundary whi

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-70396

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-70396

    30-day exploitation probability 0.3%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-70396

    Gitea's organization repository-creation API requires write:organization but omits the write:repository token scope enforced by other repository-creation routes. A personal access token or OAuth application token without repository-write scope can therefore create organization-ow

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.