SCA: security update for code.gitea.io/gitea (GHSA-mm7c-rhg6-qr4r)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 443310

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Gitea versions up to and including 1.26.1 allow the Allow edits from maintainers permission path to
authorize commits to repositories that the user can read but should not be able to write. (CVE-2026-26231)

Solution

Update the code.gitea.io/gitea library and its related packages to version 1.26.2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mm7c-rhg6-qr4r

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 443310

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/17/2026

Updated: 7/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.76

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-26231

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-26231

cwe: CWE-863