Critical Gitea Flaw Let Unauthenticated Attackers Read Server Files via Org-Mode Markup
- ID
- 11057
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 05 Aug 2026, 7:04 PM
- Fetched
- 05 Aug 2026, 7:34 PM
- Provider
- The Hacker News
- Category
- security
- Original URL
- https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/critical-gitea-flaw-let-unauthenticated.html
- Source URL
- https://feeds.feedburner.com/TheHackersNews
Excerpt
An unauthenticated attacker can read any file the service account can access on Gitea, the self-hosted Git platform, in versions 1.22.1 through 1.27.0. No login, no repository write access. A public repository and crafted Org-mode markup are enough. The flaw is fixed in Gitea 1.27.1. The file-read flaw is tracked as CVE-2026-59774, rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8, and received its
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