Unauthorized Access to Private Labels in Gitea

Publication date: 2026-07-03

Last updated on: 2026-07-03

Assigner: Gitea Limited

Description

Gitea 1.26.2 allows unauthorized users to access labels of private organizations.

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Meta Information

Published

2026-07-03

Last Modified

2026-07-03

Generated

2026-07-04

AI Q&A

2026-07-04

EPSS Evaluated

N/A

NVD

CVE-2026-25038

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
gitea	gitea	1.26.2

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-200	The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
CWE-862	The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in Gitea version 1.26.2 allows unauthorized users to access labels that belong to private organizations. Labels are typically used to categorize or tag issues and pull requests within repositories.

Impact Analysis

The impact of this vulnerability is that unauthorized users can view labels associated with private organizations, potentially exposing sensitive organizational metadata or internal categorization that was meant to remain confidential.

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