CVE-2026-68957

Deferred Deferred - Pending Action

Restricted Account Access Bypass in Gitea API

Publication date: 2026-10-14

Last updated on: 2026-10-14

Assigner: Gitea Limited

Description

Gitea's API and web issue-search paths do not treat restricted accounts as anonymous viewers when evaluating Limited-visibility repository owners. A restricted user can search and retrieve issue titles and bodies that should be hidden by the owner's visibility policy. Keyword matching can also reveal that hidden issue content or comments contain a supplied term.

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Meta Information

Published

2026-10-14

Last Modified

2026-10-14

Generated

2026-10-19

AI Q&A

2026-10-15

EPSS Evaluated

2026-10-18

NVD

CVE-2026-68957

EUVD

EUVD-2026-101091

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
Gitea	Gitea	0

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-284	The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in Gitea allows restricted users to search and retrieve issue titles, bodies, and content from repositories owned by users with limited-visibility settings. The issue occurs because the API and web issue-search paths do not treat restricted accounts as anonymous viewers, bypassing visibility policies.

Detection Guidance

To detect this vulnerability, check if your Gitea instance is running a vulnerable version (1.27.2 or earlier). Use commands like 'gitea --version' to verify the version. Additionally, monitor API logs for restricted users performing issue searches on limited-visibility repositories.

Impact Analysis

If you are a Gitea user with limited-visibility repositories, restricted users may access confidential issue content that should be hidden. This could lead to unauthorized exposure of sensitive information, such as issue discussions or internal details.

Compliance Impact

This vulnerability may violate compliance requirements for data confidentiality, such as GDPR or HIPAA, by allowing unauthorized access to restricted issue content. Organizations using Gitea must upgrade to version 1.27.3 or later to mitigate this risk.

Mitigation Strategies

Upgrade Gitea to version 1.27.3 or later immediately. This version includes the fix for CVE-2026-68957. After upgrading, review access logs to ensure restricted users no longer have unauthorized access to issue searches in limited-visibility repositories.

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