Is there a public exploit for CVE-2026-118395?

No public exploit for CVE-2026-118395 was found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei templates or public proof-of-concept repositories. That is an absence of evidence rather than proof that none exists.

What does CVE-2026-118395 affect?

CVE-2026-118395 affects Gitea Gitea.

— Unscored

Gitea 1.27.3 stopped personal access tokens restricted to public resources (public-only) from creating repositories through POST…

CVE-2026-118395

Gitea 1.27.3 stopped personal access tokens restricted to public resources (public-only) from creating repositories through POST /api/v1/user/repos and POST /api/v1/repos/migrate, but POST /api/v1/org/{org}/repos, POST /api/v1/orgs/{org}/repos, POST /api/v1/orgs and POST /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/generate still accepted such tokens. A holder of a public-only token with the needed write scopes could create private repositories in organizations where the token's owner may create repositories, create private organizations, and generate private repositories from templates. The token still could not read the private repositories it created.

Assessment

CVSS: Not yet scored
Severity: Unscored
Known exploited: Not listed in CISA KEV
Exploit availability: Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
Published: 1 November 2026
Last updated: 1 November 2026
Affected: Gitea · Gitea
Assigner: Gitea

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