`POST /{owner}/{repo}/topics` was registered without the sign-in middleware that provides the cross-origin protection, so a request issued by a third-party site was not rejected. A repository administrator who visited a malicious page could have the topics of their repository changed. No other repository settings were reachable through this route.
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendors | Products |
|---|---|
| Gitea |
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References
History
Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| First Time appeared |
Gitea
Gitea gitea |
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| Vendors & Products |
Gitea
Gitea gitea |
Sun, 18 Oct 2026 21:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| Weaknesses | CWE-352 |
Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| Description | `POST /{owner}/{repo}/topics` was registered without the sign-in middleware that provides the cross-origin protection, so a request issued by a third-party site was not rejected. A repository administrator who visited a malicious page could have the topics of their repository changed. No other repository settings were reachable through this route. | |
| Title | Gitea cross-site request forgery on repository topics | |
| References |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Gitea
Published: 2026-10-18T18:56:53.428Z
Updated: 2026-10-18T18:56:53.428Z
Reserved: 2026-10-14T20:08:45.821Z
Link: CVE-2026-107618
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-10-18T19:16:32.807
Modified: 2026-10-19T20:52:16.127
Link: CVE-2026-107618
Redhat
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