CVE-2020-28991

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 24, 2020 at 12:29 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:10 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGitea

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

Gitea 0.9.99 through 1.12.x before 1.12.6 does not prevent a git protocol path that specifies a TCP port number and also contains newlines (with URL encoding) in ParseRemoteAddr in modules/auth/repo_form.go.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%
0.9.99 ≤ v < 1.12.6
Affected range stops below 1.12.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13525
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.12.6

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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