CVE-2026-68957
mediumGitea's API and web issue-search paths do not treat restricted accounts as anonymous viewers when evaluating Limited-visibility repository owners.
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.
CVSS
4.3
4.3 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-14 15:17
Modified: 2026-10-14 16:17
NVD status: Deferred
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:02 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.3/ 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39004 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39039 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.3 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-wg93-gp4m-c6vr 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:02 UTC · record ↗