CVE-2026-97859
Gitea API disclosure of private user social graph, keys and stars
- Published
- Oct 18, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- Gitea
- Evidence observed
- Nov 4, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 23.9%
- Model date
- Nov 4, 2026
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Summary
Seven Gitea API routes under `/api/v1/users/{username}` (followers, following, following/{target}, starred, subscriptions, keys and gpg_keys) were registered without the `individualPermsChecker` middleware that enforces the visibility of the target user. An authenticated user could therefore read the followers, following list, starred and watched repositories and public SSH and GPG keys of a user with limited or private visibility, whom they could not otherwise see. The issue was fixed in 1.27.3 and 28.0.0 and disclosed with 28.2.0.
Sources
- CVE-2026-97859-CYB-AnalysisInformational
Cybersecurity assignment on CVE-2026-97859, severity analysis, patching, and the Cyber Kill Chain.
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