Gitea up to 1.27.0 Org-mode markup renderer app.ini path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Gitea up to 1.27.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file app.ini of the component Org-mode markup renderer. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-59774. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Gitea up to 1.27.0. Affected is an unknown part of the file app.ini of the component Org-mode markup renderer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Gitea's Org-mode markup renderer processes INCLUDE directives supplied to the repository markup endpoint without preventing access to server-side files. An unauthenticated attacker can use a suitable public repository to read files accessible to the Gitea service account. If the disclosed files include app.ini and its INTERNAL_TOKEN, the attacker can chain the disclosure with internal logger access to modify a Git hook and execute commands as the Gitea service account.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-59774 since 07/08/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

By approaching the search of inurl:app.ini it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.27.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Name

• Gitea

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27.0

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• open-source

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