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## Gitea RCE Flaw Now Under Active Exploitation, CISA Confirms

DevFeed: [Gitea RCE Flaw Now Under Active Exploitation, CISA Confirms](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/gitea-rce-flaw-now-under-active-exploitation-cisa-confirms-10721.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://selfhostlab.io/gitea-rce-active-exploitation/>)

Author: Christian Rakoot

Published: 2026-08-29T06:33:49Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Self Host Lab](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/self-host-lab.md>)

Topics: [Gitea](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gitea.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident.md>), [Cryptocurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptocurrency.md>), [Docker Container](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker-container.md>)

Tags: [cryptocurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cryptocurrency.md>), [docker-container](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker-container.md>), [gitea-rce](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gitea-rce.md>), [hosting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hosting.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident.md>), [network-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network-security.md>), [network-security-news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network-security-news.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosted.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

### AI overview

CISA confirmed that the critical Gitea vulnerability CVE-2026-60004 is being actively exploited and added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The article explains the exploit through Gitea's diffpatch API, which can enable arbitrary code execution, and describes a documented compromise of an outdated self-hosted instance that led to cryptocurrency mining inside a Docker container.

### Source excerpt

CISA has added CVE-2026-60004, the critical Gitea RCE flaw patched in version 1.27.1, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirming active exploitation in the wild. Help Net Security documented a real compromise: an outdated instance with open registration hit by an automated scanner, ending in a cryptocurrency-mining payload. Here is what changed and how to patch.