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Gitea Organization Projects Cross-Organization Authorization Bypass via Project ID (IDOR)

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Gitea does not properly validate project ownership in organization project operations. A user with project write access in one organization may be able to modify projects belonging to a different organization.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-20750
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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3 Nov 2026, 11:05 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Gitea Organization Projects Cross-Organization Authorization Bypass via Project ID (IDOR)

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Jan 2026, 22:01 UTC

Gitea does not properly validate project ownership in organization project operations. A user with project write access in one organization may be able to modify projects belonging to a different organization.

osv:CVE-2026-20750
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20750",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Gitea Organization Projects Cross-Organization Authorization Bypass via Project ID (IDOR)",
    "summary": "Gitea does not properly validate project ownership in organization project operations. A user with project write access in one organization may be able to modify projects belonging to a different organization.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-20750",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-20750",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitea-2026-20750",
        "CVE-2026-20750",
        "GHSA-h4fh-pc4w-8w27",
        "GHSA-rw22-5hhq-pfpf",
        "GO-2026-4370"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "369830bada2fd8826a5135cb2fc66660a9bef708"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "range": [
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                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
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                    "range": [
                      {
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                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "v1.25.4"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v1.15.0-dev",
            "v1.14.0-dev",
            "v1.13.0-dev",
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            "v1.5.0-rc1",
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            "v1.1.0",
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:27.982693969Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-20750.json",
        "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-20750",
        "https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.4/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/20xxx/CVE-2026-20750.json",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.4",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-h4fh-pc4w-8w27",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20750",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2432216",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36318",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36373"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
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        "cna_assigner": "Gitea",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/20xxx/CVE-2026-20750.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2026-20750",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 494841,
  "published_at": "2026-01-22T22:01:49.948+00:00"
}