CVE-2026-70396

Gitea's organization repository-creation API requires write:organization but omits the write:repository token scope enforced by other repository-creation routes. A personal access token or OAuth application token without repository-write scope can therefore create organization-owned repositories if the authorizing user has permission to do so. This bypasses the token's delegated scope boundary while remaining subject to the user's organization permissions.

CVSS 3.1

5.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 34% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-863

Published

2026-10-14

Modified

2026-10-18

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.3/
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39007
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39014
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.3
• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-hxhc-246f-rvqc

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