CVE-2026-97859Gitea API disclosure of private user social graph, keys and stars
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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.
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-862
- 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
- Received
- Record last updated
- Oct 18, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 18, 2026
Affected products
Gitea Gitea gitea:gitea (from the name) | through 1.27.2 | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-xvfh-qwmh-f92wvendor-advisory
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39004patch
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39039patch
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.2.0/release-notes
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.2.0release-notes
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