How broadly exploitable is this vulnerability?

Exploitability is limited to authenticated users who already have write access to at least one organization project, but within such deployments, it may allow those users to impact projects in other organizations, making it serious in multi-tenant instances.

Does an attacker need administrative privileges?

No. The attacker typically only needs standard project write permissions in one organization; elevated or administrative roles are not necessarily required to trigger cross-organization modifications.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

Implement strict, centralized authorization checks for every project operation that: 1. Resolve the actual owning organization of the target project, and 2. Verify the acting user's permissions within that specific organization before performing any change.

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

Improper Access Control on Organization Projects (CWE-284) in Gitea

CVE-2026-20750

Published:

Jan 22, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

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Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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Vulnerability Type

Category:

Improper Access Control

CWE:

CWE-284

Impact:

Unauthorized Project Modification and Cross-Organization Data Tampering

Severity:

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(9.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Improper Access Control

CWE:

CWE-284

Impact:

Unauthorized Project Modification and Cross-Organization Data Tampering

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Improper Access Control on Organization Projects (CWE-284) in Gitea

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

CRITICAL RISK

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