---
id: CVE-2026-94205
title: >-
  Gitea Actions decided whether a fork pull request run needed approval based on
  the user who triggered the event rather than the pull request author
summary: >-
  Gitea Actions decided whether a fork pull request run needed approval based on
  the user who triggered the event rather than the pull request author. For
  `pull_request` activity triggered by a maintainer during ordinary triage, such
  as ad…
severity: none
cwe:
  - CWE-441
  - CWE-863
vendor: Gitea
product: gitea.dev
affected:
  - gitea.dev <= 1.27.3
published: '2026-10-06'
updated: '2026-10-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-06T20:17:34.733'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94205'
references:
  - url: 'https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39399'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-xh39-mxw9-34pp'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-06T20:16:42.495Z'
---

## Overview

Gitea Actions decided whether a fork pull request run needed approval based on the user who triggered the event rather than the pull request author. For `pull_request` activity triggered by a maintainer during ordinary triage, such as adding a label, the run was created without requiring approval, while the workflow definition was still taken from the fork head. Where Actions is enabled and a matching runner is registered, fork-controlled workflow code could run on the base repository's runners without an explicit approval.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.