CVE-2026-60004
Critical 9.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Gitea Code Injection Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
Description
Gitea before 1.27.1 allows remote code execution via the diffpatch API through Git hook installation.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.8 (CRITICAL)
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 24% (percentile: 98) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-94
Affected products
gitea: gitea
References
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-rcr6-4jqh-j84m ExploitVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/0xBlackash/CVE-2026-60004 ExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.1/ Release Notes
- https://www.runzero.com/blog/gitea/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026… US Government Resource