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Summary iPlain-English security verdict for Gitea, generated from its current health score, actively-exploited vulnerabilities, and latest supported version.
Gitea currently scores 5/100 — critical, with active exploitation. 1 of its known vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV), including CVE-2026-60004. Upgrade immediately and review your exposure to the actively-exploited CVEs below.
Disclosure trend iNew CVEs published for Gitea each year (NVD). A higher bar means more disclosures that year — more scrutiny, not necessarily less safe.
Patch priority — what to act on iThe issues to fix first — actively exploited (CISA KEV) first, then by exploitation probability (EPSS), then severity. Each row's "→ fixed in" is the earliest version that patches it; "see advisory" means no fixed version is published.
Most urgent first — actively exploited, then likeliest to be exploited.
CVE-2026-60004 CRITICAL exploited Code injection EPSS — → fixed in 1.27.1 CVE-2026-73278 CRITICAL Improper authentication EPSS 0% → fixed in 1.27.2 CVE-2026-20897 CRITICAL Improper access control EPSS 0% → fixed in 1.25.4 CVE-2026-20912 CRITICAL Improper access control EPSS 0% → fixed in 1.25.4 CVE-2026-20750 CRITICAL Improper access control EPSS 0% → fixed in 1.25.4 CVE-2026-101023 CRITICAL Improper authentication EPSS 0% → fixed in 28.1.0 CVE-2026-94205 CRITICAL CWE-441 EPSS 0% → fixed in 28.0.0 CVE-2026-95106 CRITICAL CWE-706 EPSS 0% → fixed in 28.0.0 CVE-2026-103059 CRITICAL CWE-305 EPSS 0% → fixed in 28.0.0Get alerted about Gitea
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Is Gitea safe and patched?
Gitea currently scores 5/100 — critical, with active exploitation. 1 of its known vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV), including CVE-2026-60004. Upgrade immediately and review your exposure to the actively-exploited CVEs below.
What should I do about Gitea now?
Review the patch-priority list, apply the available fixes (or move to the latest release), and confirm against Gitea's official advisory. Some issues are under active exploitation, so treat this as urgent.
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