CriticalCritical vulnerability
CVE-2026-73278 (CVSS 9.8)
NVD · officialPublished Oct 6, 2026Risk 50/100EPSS 0.2%
Gitea's OAuth2 and OpenID Connect sign-in paths do not require a WebAuthn challenge when WebAuthn is the account's only configured second factor. A party able to authenticate through the affected external identity flow can obtain a full session without the passkey verification enforced during password login. One affected path can also persist an external identity link, extending the compromise beyond the initial session; accounts with TOTP configured are outside the reported WebAuthn-only scenario.
Technical details
CVSS
9.8
AV:NetworkAC:LowPR:NoneUI:NoneC:HighI:HighA:High
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