What is CVE-2026-28705?

CVE-2026-28705 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitea Open Source Git Server, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-07-03.

How severe is CVE-2026-28705?

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

Path Traversal in Gitea Open Source Git Server

CVE-2026-28705

Gitea versions before 1.25.5 use release tag names and asset names as filesystem path components when dumping release assets, allowing specially crafted names to affect dump output paths.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.004 (29.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Gitea Open Source Git Server — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 (patch)
88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 (patch)
88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 (release-notes)
88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 (release-notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-28705?: CVE-2026-28705 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitea Open Source Git Server, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-07-03.
How severe is CVE-2026-28705?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.