CVE-2026-60004

CRITICALCVSS 9.8Known Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-rcr6-4jqh-j84m ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60004

Remediation deadline: August 28, 2026

Description

Gitea contains a code injection vulnerability that allows an attacker with repository write access to send a malicious patch to the diffpatch API endpoint to plant an executable Git hook and run shell commands as the Gitea service account.

Timeline

Published:August 26th, 2026 8:17 PM

Last modified:August 27th, 2026 11:41 AM

Added to KEV:August 25th, 2026

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Software

From NVD CPE configuration data

Vendors

gitea

Products

gitea

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute