---
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'
---

## Overview

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 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.

## Affected

- `gitea < 28.0.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `gitea 28.0.0`

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · updated 2026-10-07 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-94205.json)