Exploitation timeline
Threadlinqs has recorded 6 Gitea CVEs published between and . The busiest month was 2026-07 (4 new CVEs). 1 of them (17%) are listed in CISA KEV, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed.
Most exploited vulnerabilities
Ranked with CISA KEV listings first, then EPSS exploit probability, then CVSS score. Showing 6 of 6 tracked Gitea CVEs.
- CVE-2026-60004critical 9.8KEVEPSS 24%
- CVE-2026-20896critical 9.8EPSS 0.8%
- CVE-2026-27775high 8.8EPSS 0.5%
- CVE-2026-22874critical 9.6EPSS 0.5%
- CVE-2026-58053critical 9.9EPSS 0.3%
- CVE-2026-25038EPSS 0.2%
Products affected
Threadlinqs normalises CPE and CNA product records across all 6 CVEs; 3 distinct Gitea products are affected. The most frequently affected:
- Open Source Git Server 4 CVEs
- Gitea 1 CVE
- act_runner 1 CVE
Threat activity
6 tracked threat campaigns reference Gitea products or exploit Gitea CVEs:
- Chinese-Speaking 'Kapibala' Actor (Red Heron-Linked) Chains WordPress wp2shell, Zyxel GS1900, and Ubiquiti UniFi OS Flaws to Steal Government DataCRITICAL
- Red Heron Weaponizes Gitea RCE (CVE-2026-60004) with JITTERLY Implant and SIXZUT RootkitCRITICAL
- Gitea Remote Code Execution via diffpatch Git Hook Installation (CVE-2026-60004)CRITICAL
- Gitea CVE-2026-58443: Authorization Bypass in Pull Request Update API Enables Private Repo AccessCRITICAL
- Threat Actors Mass-Probe Gitea Docker Deployments for CVE-2026-20896 Authentication Bypass Amid Exploitarium Zero-Day Leak WaveCRITICAL
- Gitea Container Registry Authorization Bypass (CVE-2026-27771) — Unauthenticated Pull of Private Container Images Across 31,000+ Self-Hosted InstancesHIGH
Threat actors targeting Gitea
Named threat actors attributed to campaigns that involve Gitea products or CVEs, with the number of linked campaigns:
How to prioritise Gitea patching
This order follows the data Threadlinqs holds for Gitea, not a generic severity checklist:
- 1 of 6 Gitea CVEs (17%) are in CISA KEV: treat them as actively exploited and remediate them first, starting with CVE-2026-60004.
- Outside KEV, the highest EPSS scores are CVE-2026-20896 (0.8%), CVE-2026-27775 (0.5%), CVE-2026-22874 (0.5%).
- 4 CVEs score Critical and 1 High on CVSS v3 (maximum 9.9, average 9.6); sequence these after KEV and high-EPSS items.
- 4 CVEs have a public exploit or proof of concept recorded, which shortens the time from disclosure to attack.
About this data
Vendor attribution comes from the CNA and CPE product records of each CVE, folded to one vendor name; CVSS, EPSS and KEV status are read from the Threadlinqs CVE catalog; campaign and actor links come from tracked threat records. Counts reflect the data as of 2026-10-05 and refresh daily.