CVE-2026-22555

A flaw was found in Gitea. An API Application Programming Interface endpoint responsible for forking repositories into an organization failed to properly check if a user had the necessary permissions to create repositories within that organization. This allowed a read-only organization member to...

GHSA-FHX7-M96W-MV29 Gitea: API Fork Missing CanCreateOrgRepo Check Allows Org Secret Exfiltration

Summary The API endpoint POST /api/v1/repos/owner/repo/forks only checks IsOrgMember when a user forks a repository into an organization, but does not check CanCreateOrgRepo. The web UI fork handler correctly checks both. This allows a read-only organization member — in a team with...