Threat Actors Probe Gitea Docker Flaw CVE-2026-20896 13 Days After Disclosure

Threat actors have been observed attempting to exploit a recently patched critical security flaw in Gitea Docker images, according to Sysdig. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-20896 CVSS score: 9.8, a vulnerability that stems from the DevOps platform trusting the "X-WEBAUTH-USER" header...

CVE-2026-20896

CVE-2026-20896 affects Gitea Docker images up to and including 1.26.2. The root cause is the default setting REVERSE_PROXY_TRUSTED_PROXIES=*, which can let an attacker impersonate a user when reverse-proxy authentication headers (e.g., X-WEBAUTH-USER) are enabled. Several sources document this, i...