What is CVE-2021-29134?

CVE-2021-29134 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitea, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-03-15.

How severe is CVE-2021-29134?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Gitea

CVE-2021-29134

The avatar middleware in Gitea before 1.13.6 allows Directory Traversal via a crafted URL.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2022-03-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gitea

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/15125/files (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.13.6 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-29134?: CVE-2021-29134 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitea, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-03-15.
How severe is CVE-2021-29134?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.