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Secure Software2 min readAugust 26, 2026

Critical Gitea RCE Actively Exploited as Reported Attack Drops Miner-Like Payload

A critical remote code execution vulnerability in Gitea is currently being actively exploited in the wild by attackers who are delivering miner-like payloads to compromised systems. Organizations running Gitea should immediately patch to the latest versio

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