Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affecting code.gitea.io/gitea/models/project package, versions <1.25.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-CODEGITEAIOGITEAMODELSPROJECT-15091508
  • published25 Jan 2026
  • disclosed23 Jan 2026
  • creditspingARbor

Introduced: 23 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-20750  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-639  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade code.gitea.io/gitea/models/project to version 1.25.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key via improper validation of project ownership during organization project operations. An attacker can modify projects belonging to a different organization by leveraging project write access in one organization.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1