Vulnerability · CVE-2026-96404
When Gitea's web installer is reachable against a database that already contains users, such as after has been reset to , submitting the install form with an administr…
Published Oct 13, 2026 · the affected product
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-96404. EPSS is 0.44%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
- 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
- High—
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.44%
- Remediation
- Not established
- Affected products
- See sources for product scope
When Gitea's web installer is reachable against a database that already contains users, such as after has been reset to , 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.
No affected version ranges are stored yet. Use the vendor advisory before you decide this record does not apply.
How to fix CVE-2026-96404
Recommended remediation
No required-action text, fix commit, or clear fixed-version range is stored yet.
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-2026-96404. EPSS is 0.44%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product 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?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.44%. 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.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Oct 13, 2026 · Tenable CVE Database
Detected
When Gitea's web installer is reachable against a database that already contains users, such as after has been reset to , 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 acc
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-96404
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-96404
30-day exploitation probability 0.4%
first.org - Tenable CVE DatabaseVulnerability recordCVE-2026-96404
When Gitea's web installer is reachable against a database that already contains users, such as after has been reset to , 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 acc
tenable.com
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.