3.5

CVE-2026-0798: gitea Improper Access Control

CVSS: 3.5v3.1LowAnalyzed
AliasesGHSA-8fwc-qjw5-rvgpBIT-gitea-2026-0798GHSA-f4wq-6ww5-m56p
Published 22-01-2026Last modified 23-01-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-0798 is a low (CVSS 3.5) Improper Access Control vulnerability in gitea. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
14/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.5/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1SUSE-SU-2026:0403-1

Timeline

  1. 22-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Gitea may send release notification emails for private repositories to users whose access has been revoked. When a repository is changed from public to private, users who previously watched the repository may continue to receive release notifications, potentially disclosing release titles, tags, and content.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

17%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.27%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Gitea2 products
Code.gitea.io1 product
  • gitea< 1.25.4

2 vendors · 3 products

References

8 links