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

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Metadaten

  • Original (extern): Link oeffnen
  • Veroeffentlicht: 2026-07-06 16:28 UTC
  • Importiert: 2026-07-11 18:03 UTC
  • CVSS: 9.8
  • Quelle-ID: thn_global
  • uid_hash: 9f065ba9a7032fe9cd8503b8ba261e9bde5c63d52b9ee927e2903e6f701523f6

Inhalt

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 from any source IP address, effectively allowing an unauthenticated internet client to get elevated

Verknuepfte CVEs

CVE-ID Severity (Quelle) CVSS (Quelle) Severity (CVE.org) CVSS (CVE.org) EPSS EPSS-Pctl Veroeffentlicht (CVE.org)

CVE-2026-20896

CRITICAL

9.8

CRITICAL

9.8

2026-07-03

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