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CVE-2026-96404

8.1 high SSVC exploitation: none Analyzed

When Gitea's web installer is reachable against a database that already contains users, such as after `INSTALL_LOCK` has been reset to `false`, submitting the install form with an administrator username matching an existing account issued an authenticated session for that account without verifying its password. If the account is an administrator, the session grants full administrative access, including changing the account's password. Databases with a single user also did not require the reinstall confirmation.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 8.1 · giteaNVD modified 2026-10-13 15:36

Affected (CPE criteria) 1

  • cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 4