4.3

CVE-2026-59766: gitea Improper Access Control

CVSS: 4.3v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesGHSA-qf2f-qh6p-7v89GO-2026-6071
Published 14-10-2026Last modified 14-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-59766 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Improper Access Control vulnerability in gitea. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.28%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21551-1SUSE-SU-2026:23216-1SUSE-SU-2026:23227-1

Timeline

  1. 14-10-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Gitea's starred-repository and tracked-time API endpoints do not re-check current repository permissions before returning data associated with the requesting user. A user whose access to a private repository has been revoked can still retrieve repository metadata through /api/v1/user/starred and private issue titles through /api/v1/user/times. The disclosure depends on relationships or tracked-time entries created before access was revoked.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

20%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

15-10-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
0.28%

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

Code.gitea.io1 product
  • gitea< 1.27.0
Gitea1 product
Go1 product
  • gitea.dev< 1.27.0

3 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links