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.
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Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Gitea
Gitea gitea
Vendors & Products Gitea
Gitea gitea

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Gitea API disclosure of private user social graph, keys and stars
Weaknesses CWE-862
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Gitea

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-19T18:54:32.163Z

Reserved: 2026-10-04T22:02:04.898Z

Link: CVE-2026-97859

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-19T18:54:19.227Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-18T19:16:33.637

Modified: 2026-10-19T20:52:16.127

Link: CVE-2026-97859

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-19T22:15:05Z

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