{"id":"CVE-2026-94205","title":"Gitea Actions decided whether a fork pull request run needed approval based on the user who triggered the event rather than the pull request author","summary":"Gitea Actions decided whether a fork pull request run needed approval based on the user who triggered the event rather than the pull request author. For `pull_request` activity triggered by a maintainer during ordinary triage, such as ad…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-441","CWE-863"],"vendor":"gitea","product":"gitea","affected":["gitea < 28.0.0"],"patched":["gitea 28.0.0"],"published":"2026-10-06","updated":"2026-10-13","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-13T16:41:45.587","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94205","references":[{"url":"https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/","label":"88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2"},{"url":"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39399","label":"88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2"},{"url":"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0","label":"88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2"},{"url":"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-xh39-mxw9-34pp","label":"88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-94205.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-94205"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-94205"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"epss":0.00622,"epssPercentile":0.49603,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-07T20:11:31.504995Z"},"scores":{"nvd":9.8,"vendor":8,"adp":9.8},"ingestedAt":"2026-10-06T20:16:42.495Z","slug":"CVE-2026-94205","body":"## Overview\n\nGitea Actions decided whether a fork pull request run needed approval based on the user who triggered the event rather than the pull request author. For `pull_request` activity triggered by a maintainer during ordinary triage, such as adding a label, the run was created without requiring approval, while the workflow definition was still taken from the fork head. Where Actions is enabled and a matching runner is registered, fork-controlled workflow code could run on the base repository's runners without an explicit approval.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `gitea < 28.0.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `gitea 28.0.0`\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · updated 2026-10-07 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-94205.json)","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":217802,"id":"CVE-2026-94205","ts":1791410342128,"field":"cvss","old":"8","new":"9.8"},{"seq":217801,"id":"CVE-2026-94205","ts":1791410342128,"field":"severity","old":"high","new":"critical"},{"seq":217109,"id":"CVE-2026-94205","ts":1791360689486,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"8"},{"seq":217108,"id":"CVE-2026-94205","ts":1791360689486,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"high"}]}