# Gitea vulnerabilities & exploitation **CISA KEV** > As of 2026-10-05, Threadlinqs tracks 6 Gitea CVEs, 1 in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, linked to 6 tracked threat campaigns and 1 named threat actor. **Data as of:** 2026-10-05 ## Exploitation timeline Threadlinqs has recorded 6 Gitea CVEs published between 2026-06-15 and 2026-08-15. 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-2026-60004](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-60004) — CRITICAL 9.8 · KEV · EPSS 24% · 2026-08-26 - [CVE-2026-20896](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-20896) — CRITICAL 9.8 · EPSS 0.8% · 2026-07-03 - [CVE-2026-27775](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-27775) — HIGH 8.8 · EPSS 0.5% · 2026-07-03 - [CVE-2026-22874](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-22874) — CRITICAL 9.6 · EPSS 0.5% · 2026-07-03 - [CVE-2026-58053](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-58053) — CRITICAL 9.9 · EPSS 0.3% · 2026-06-28 - [CVE-2026-25038](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-25038) — EPSS 0.2% · 2026-07-03 ## 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 Data](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2619) — CRITICAL — 2026-09-22 - [Red Heron Weaponizes Gitea RCE (CVE-2026-60004) with JITTERLY Implant and SIXZUT Rootkit](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2516) — CRITICAL — 2026-09-14 - [Gitea Remote Code Execution via diffpatch Git Hook Installation (CVE-2026-60004)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1767) — CRITICAL — 2026-07-29 - [Gitea CVE-2026-58443: Authorization Bypass in Pull Request Update API Enables Private Repo Access](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1587) — CRITICAL — 2026-07-21 - [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 - [Gitea Container Registry Authorization Bypass (CVE-2026-27771) — Unauthenticated Pull of Private Container Images Across 31,000+ Self-Hosted Instances](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-0602) — HIGH — 2026-05-27 ## Threat actors targeting Gitea Named threat actors attributed to campaigns that involve Gitea products or CVEs, with the number of linked campaigns: - [Kapibala](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/Kapibala) — 1 campaign ## 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](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-60004). - Outside KEV, the highest EPSS scores are [CVE-2026-20896](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-20896) (0.8%), [CVE-2026-27775](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-27775) (0.5%), [CVE-2026-22874](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/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. Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/gitea All vendors: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors Full detection coverage and IOCs via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp