CVE-2026-107618

`POST /{owner}/{repo}/topics` was registered without the sign-in middleware that provides the cross-origin protection, so a request issued by a third-party site was not rejected. A repository administrator who visited a malicious page could have the topics of their repository changed. No other repository settings were reachable through this route.

CVSS v3 8.1 HIGH

8.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.2.0/
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39839
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39847
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.2.0
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-4jmf-h2cm-hg7w

Configurations

No configuration.

History

29 Oct 2026, 17:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 8.1
CWE		CWE-352

18 Oct 2026, 19:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-18 19:16

Updated : 2026-10-29 17:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-107618

Mitre link : CVE-2026-107618

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-107618

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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