Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 4, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-18926

Description

Gitea before 1.5.4 allows remote code execution because it does not properly validate session IDs. This is related to session ID handling in the go-macaron/session code for Macaron.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
code.gitea.io/giteaGo	< 1.5.2	1.5.2

Affected products

ghsa-coords
pkg:golang/code.gitea.io/gitea
Range: < 1.5.2
Go Gitea/Gitea
cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <1.5.4

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/5140nvdMitigationPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hf6f-jq25-8gq9ghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18926ghsaADVISORY
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/commit/aeb5655c25053bdcd7eee94ea37df88468374162ghsaWEB
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/5177ghsaWEB

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