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Tina CMS

Git-backed content management with visual editing

Content Management Systems ★ 13.8k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

Tina CMS is an open-source, Git-backed content management system that adds visual editing to web projects. Its self-hosted backend stores content in your repository and provides a live, in-context editing experience.

Official siteSource code

Key features

  • Git-backed content
  • Visual in-context editing
  • GraphQL content API
  • Markdown and JSON support

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Content lives in Git
  • Visual editing for editors
  • Works with static site frameworks

Trade-offs

  • React-focused
  • Self-hosting setup effort

Is Tina CMS secure?

No confirmed vulnerabilities affect Tina CMS's latest release ([email protected]). OSV.dev lists 20 advisories for the project and links 2 of them to this release, but their version data doesn't confirm them. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

2 unconfirmed matches

OSV.dev links these advisories to this release, but their own version data doesn't confirm it: they cover a separately versioned sub-package of the repository, or record the fix only as a commit. They are listed for completeness and not counted in the health score.

Matched by OSV, not confirmed

AdvisorySeveritySummary
CVE-2026-63506HighTina: [Broken Access Control] letting any TinaCloud user authorize against any self-hosted site
Fixed in 1.1.4, 15.0.1
CVE-2026-59992MediumTina: Broken Access Control: arbitrary bucket-key write/delete in `next-tinacms-s3` (and sibling production media adapters)
Fixed in 23.0.4, 14.0.4, 26.0.4
  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-108261, published 2026-10-09 (5 days ago), fixed in 3.14.0, 2.5.14

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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