Medium 4.3Published Oct 6, 2026

CVE-2026-96589Gitea private repository access retained after rejected transfer

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:50 UTC)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

When a private repository is transferred to a user who lacks access, Gitea grants that recipient temporary read access as a collaborator so they can review the repository. Rejecting or cancelling the transfer did not revoke this collaboration, so the named recipient kept persistent read access to the private repository, including its code, issues, pull requests and wiki, and could clone it. The repository owner was not notified. Transfer-granted access is now removed while collaborations that existed before the transfer are preserved.

CVSS: 4.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-672, CWE-863
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Gitea
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 7, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Gitea Gitea gitea:gitea (from the name)	through 1.27.3	CNA record
gitea gitea gitea:gitea	before 28.0.0	NVD

References

https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-xfqq-h54g-92f8vendor-advisory
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39042patch
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/release-notes
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0release-notes

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