CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-73278
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-10-06
- Last modified
- 2026-10-13
- Assigner
- 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
Gitea's OAuth2 and OpenID Connect sign-in paths do not require a WebAuthn challenge when WebAuthn is the account's only configured second factor. A party able to authenticate through the affected external identity flow can obtain a full session without the passkey verification enforced during password login. One affected path can also persist an external identity link, extending the compromise beyond the initial session; accounts with TOTP configured are outside the reported WebAuthn-only scenario.
Affected configurations
• gitea gitea (>= 1.16.0 < 1.27.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.2/ Release Notes
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38805 Patch
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38810 Patch
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.2 Release Notes
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-92j2-6qcg-c28c Vendor Advisory