CVE-2026-20909

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-03. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Gitea versions before 1.25.5 have insufficient permission checks when listing tracked time entries.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EG Risk
39(Track)
EG Risk 39/100SSVC: Track

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 computed
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
21%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 3, 2026

Last Modified

July 7, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jul 7, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_pr, github_release.
github_release Patch Available

v1.25.5

Patch available: go-gitea/gitea v1.25.5

https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.5
github_pr

Fix track time list permission check (#36662)

Fix merged in go-gitea/gitea PR #36744 on 2026-02-25 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36744
github_pr

Fix track time list permission check

Fix merged in go-gitea/gitea PR #36662 on 2026-02-24 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36662
generic

Gitea 1.25.5 is released | Gitea Blog

https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.5/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-20909(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
code.gitea.io/gitea1.25.5

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 58× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 161 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-09-05 23:40 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-02 14:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-30 11:18 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-30 11:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-27 22:11 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-27 22:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-26 14:30 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-26 14:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-24 23:10 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-24 23:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-24 01:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-23 03:39 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-23 03:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-22 05:53 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-22 05:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-21 05:21 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-21 05:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-20 07:36 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-20 07:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-19 09:51 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-19 09:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-18 11:43 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-18 11:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-17 11:05 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-17 11:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-16 13:20 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-16 13:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-15 15:35 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-08-15 15:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-08-14 17:50 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-14 17:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-08-13 19:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-12 22:13 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-08-12 22:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-08-12 00:28 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-08-12 00:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-08-11 02:44 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-08-11 02:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-10 04:59 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-08-10 04:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-08-09 07:14 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-08-09 07:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-08-08 09:29 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-08-08 09:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-07 11:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-06 13:50 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-06 13:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-08-05 16:05 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-08-05 16:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-08-04 14:50 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-08-04 14:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-04 10:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-08-03 17:05 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-08-03 17:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-08-03 10:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-08-02 19:20 UTCEG score recompute
  64. 2026-08-02 19:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-08-02 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  66. 2026-08-01 21:35 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-08-01 21:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-08-01 04:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  69. 2026-07-31 23:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-07-31 02:02 UTCEG score recompute
  71. 2026-07-31 02:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-07-30 04:06 UTCEG score recompute
  73. 2026-07-30 04:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  75. 2026-07-29 06:21 UTCEG score recompute

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-20909?
CVE-2026-20909 is a medium vulnerability published on July 3, 2026. Gitea versions before 1.25.5 have insufficient permission checks when listing tracked time entries.
When was CVE-2026-20909 disclosed?
CVE-2026-20909 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 3, 2026, with the most recent update on July 7, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-20909 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-20909 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 79.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-20909?
CVE-2026-20909 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-20909?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-20909, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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