{
  "id": 174393,
  "title": "Critical Gitea Flaw Let Unauthenticated Attackers Read Server Files via Org-Mode Markup",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/critical-gitea-flaw-let-unauthenticated-attackers-read-server-files",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-05T11:04:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/critical-gitea-flaw-let-unauthenticated.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An unauthenticated attacker can read any file the service account can access on Gitea, the self-hosted Git platform, in versions 1.22.1 through 1.27.0. No login, no repository write access. A public repository and crafted Org-mode markup are enough. The flaw is fixed in Gitea 1.27.1. The file-read flaw is tracked as CVE-2026-59774, rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8, and received its",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}