Gitea does not properly validate ownership when toggling OpenID URI visibility. An authenticated user may be able to change the visibility settings of other users' OpenID identities.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qqgv-v353-cv8p Gitea does not properly validate ownership when toggling OpenID URI visibility
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 23 Jan 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Gitea
Gitea gitea
Vendors & Products Gitea
Gitea gitea

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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Description Gitea does not properly validate ownership when toggling OpenID URI visibility. An authenticated user may be able to change the visibility settings of other users' OpenID identities.
Title Gitea: Broken access control in OpenID visibility toggle enables cross-user visibility changes
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-639
References

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Gitea

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-23T21:53:53.397Z

Reserved: 2026-01-08T23:02:37.537Z

Link: CVE-2026-20904

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-23T17:52:26.545Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-01-22T22:16:19.130

Modified: 2026-01-26T15:04:14.850

Link: CVE-2026-20904

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-01-22T22:01:51Z

Links: CVE-2026-20904 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-23T10:27:10Z

Weaknesses