CVE-2026-96404 Details
When Gitea's web installer is reachable against a database that already contains users, such as after `INSTALL_LOCK` has been reset to `false`, submitting the install form with an administrator username matching an existing account issued an authenticated session for that account without verifying its password. If the account is an administrator, the session grants full administrative access, including changing the account's password. Databases with a single user also did not require the reinstall confirmation.
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-96404
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System): EPSS predicts the likelihood that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild. A higher percentage means a greater chance of an exploit occurring. The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%).
0.58 Probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days (48th percentile)
CVSS score for CVE-2026-96404
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System): An open framework owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. that assigns a numerical score from 0 to 10 to software vulnerabilities to indicate their severity.
8.1 High
Products affected by CVE-2026-96404
Gitea 1.21.7
Gitea 1.21.8
Gitea 1.21.9
Gitea 1.22.0
Gitea 1.22.1
DVE Score by Bitsight AI
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Low
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CVE-2026-96404 Global Footprint

Top 10 Identified Countries

Country Observations Percentage
CN 1,313 27.08%
US 828 17.08%
DE 521 10.74%
RU 428 8.83%
FR 235 4.85%
SG 139 2.87%
GB 135 2.78%
KR 126 2.60%
NL 103 2.12%
IN 100 2.06%

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CVE-2026-96404 Industry Footprint

Top 10 Identified Industries

*Service provider organizations (typically Technology and Telecommunications) are disproportionally represented in the results given their upstream ownership of end-user infrastructure. See our FAQs.

Industry* Observations Percentage
Technology 3,242 87.20%
Telecommunications 389 10.46%
Education 28 0.75%
Retail 19 0.51%
Engineering 10 0.27%
Energy/Resources 8 0.22%
Business Services 7 0.19%
Government/Politics 7 0.19%
Manufacturing 5 0.13%
Finance 2 0.05%

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