CVE-2026-96404
highWhen Gitea's web installer is reachable against a database that already contains users, such as after `INSTALL_LOCK` has been reset to `false`, submitting the…
Vendor / product: Gitea — gitea
When Gitea's web installer is reachable against a database that already contains users, such as after `INSTALL_LOCK` has been reset to `false`, 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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/ 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39400 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-9h7g-h754-c8x2 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2