Summary iPlain-English security verdict for Gitea, generated from its current health score, actively-exploited vulnerabilities, and latest supported version.
Gitea currently scores 20/100 — critical, with active exploitation. 1 of its known vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV), including CVE-2026-60004. Upgrade immediately and review your exposure to the actively-exploited CVEs below.
Disclosure trend iNew CVEs published for Gitea each year (NVD). A higher bar means more disclosures that year — more scrutiny, not necessarily less safe.
Patch priority — what to act on iThe issues to fix first — actively exploited (CISA KEV) first, then by exploitation probability (EPSS), then severity. Each row's "→ fixed in" is the earliest version that patches it; "see advisory" means no fixed version is published.
Most urgent first — actively exploited, then likeliest to be exploited.
CVE-2026-60004 CRITICAL exploited Code injection EPSS — → fixed in 1.27.1 CVE-2026-20897 CRITICAL Improper access control EPSS 0% → fixed in 1.25.4 CVE-2026-20912 CRITICAL Improper access control EPSS 0% → fixed in 1.25.4 CVE-2026-20750 CRITICAL Improper access control EPSS 0% → fixed in 1.25.4Get alerted about Gitea
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Is Gitea safe and patched?
Gitea currently scores 20/100 — critical, with active exploitation. 1 of its known vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV), including CVE-2026-60004. Upgrade immediately and review your exposure to the actively-exploited CVEs below.
What should I do about Gitea now?
Review the patch-priority list, apply the available fixes (or move to the latest release), and confirm against Gitea's official advisory. Some issues are under active exploitation, so treat this as urgent.
lifecycle unknown — needs latest supported version
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Informational only, from public data (NVD · CISA KEV · EPSS · endoflife.date), and can lag or miss vendor-specific fixes. Always confirm against Gitea's official advisory before you patch or upgrade — Gitea official site ↗