Gitea's OAuth2 token endpoint verified the signature and grant of a token submitted with the refresh_token grant type, but not that the token was a refresh token. An unexpired access token for the same OAuth2 application and grant could be exchanged for a new access token and refresh token. Whoever holds such an access token could keep access beyond the token's original lifetime.
CVE-2026-101023
This critical-severity CVE scores 9.1 under CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.4% (26th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 9.1
- EG Score
- 9.1CRITICALmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 56EG Risk 56/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity91% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 0.4%
- EPSS %ILE
- 26th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
October 6, 2026
Last Modified
October 7, 2026
Advisory Details (5)
Auto-updated Oct 7, 2026v28.1.0
Patch available: go-gitea/gitea v28.1.0
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.1.0fix: add missing checks to several API and web handlers (#39501)
Fix merged in go-gitea/gitea PR #39507 on 2026-09-30 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39507fix: add missing checks to several API and web handlers
Fix merged in go-gitea/gitea PR #39501 on 2026-09-30 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39501OAuth access tokens can be exchanged as refresh tokens · Advisory · go-gitea/gitea · GitHub
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-469m-x4mw-38r3Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 11× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-10-09 20:50 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-09 20:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-10-08 19:36 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-08 17:11 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-10-08 01:38 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-07 23:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-10-07 20:22 UTCEG score recompute▲ 9.10
- 2026-10-07 20:21 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 9.1 · severity → CRITICAL
- 2026-10-06 22:32 UTCNVD update
- 2026-10-06 21:47 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-06 21:46 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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