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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2026-60004 kev in the critical feed json

Gitea: Remote Code Execution via diffpatch Git Hook Installation

published 2026-08-26 2 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 59 d ago also BIT-gitea-2026-60004 , EUVD-2026-66708 , GHSA-rcr6-4jqh-j84m , GO-2026-6433

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2026-08-25
epss
24.0%
EPSS 24.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Gitea before 1.27.1 allows remote code execution via the diffpatch API through Git hook installation.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

  • go gitea.dev 1.27.1
  • bitnami gitea 1.27.1
  • Gitea Gitea 1.27.1
  • govulncheck-vulndb SLES 16.0, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 0.0.20260916T180043-160000.1.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:23855-1SUSE-SU-2026:23863-1

  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260916T180043-160000.1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21897-1

  • forgejo Alpine 3.24 15.0.6-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-60004

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. Added to CISA KEV
  2. Published
  3. CISA SSVC: exploitation active
  4. CISA patch deadline

Known exploited

Added
2 mo ago
Patch by
2026-08-28 (2 mo ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
Vendor, product
Gitea, Gitea
CISA name
Gitea Code Injection Vulnerability

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 mo ago

Exploit prediction

23.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template Gitea <= 1.27.0 - Pre-Auth Remote Code Execution nuclei detection template
  • github.com https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-rcr6-4jqh-j84m referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/0xBlackash/CVE-2026-60004 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go gitea.dev
>=1.17.0, <1.27.1
<1.27.1
1.27.1
bitnami gitea
>=1.17.0, <1.27.1
1.27.1
go code.gitea.io/gitea
>=1.17.0
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • Gitea Gitea

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.