# CVE-2026-25038 — Gitea Open Source Git Server

> As of 2026-07-03, CVE-2026-25038 is a vulnerability in Gitea Open Source Git Server, EPSS 0.1% (9.7th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-25038, most recently “Threat Actors Mass-Probe Gitea Docker Deployments for CVE-2026-20896 Authentication Bypass Amid Exploitarium Zero-Day Leak Wave”.

**Last updated:** 2026-07-03

## What is CVE-2026-25038?

Gitea 1.26.2 allows unauthorized users to access labels of private organizations.

The record classifies CVE-2026-25038 under weakness classes [CWE-200](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html), [CWE-862](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html). 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 72 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.7% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 0.4/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-07-03

## Is CVE-2026-25038 being exploited?

No public exploitation evidence for CVE-2026-25038 is recorded in the sources Threadlinqs tracks — CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, public proof-of-concept repositories and ProjectDiscovery Nuclei — as of 2026-07-03. That is an absence of evidence in those feeds, not a guarantee that the vulnerability is unexploited.

## Affected products and versions

- **Gitea**: Open Source Git Server

## How to fix CVE-2026-25038

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-25038 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-25038

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-25038, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [Threat Actors Mass-Probe Gitea Docker Deployments for CVE-2026-20896 Authentication Bypass Amid Exploitarium Zero-Day Leak Wave](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1136) — CRITICAL · 2026-07-06

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-07-07. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [github.com — vendor advisory](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-v73x-hx65-6pf4)
- [github.com — patch](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38151)
- [github.com — release notes](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.26.3)
- [blog.gitea.com — release notes](https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.26.3-and-1.26.4/)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-25038
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-25038 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp