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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2026-96589 json

Gitea private repository access retained after rejected transfer

published 2026-10-06 33 d ago modified 2026-10-14 26 d ago also BIT-gitea-2026-96589 , EUVD-2026-93925 , GHSA-xfqq-h54g-92f8

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 15%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

When a private repository is transferred to a user who lacks access, Gitea grants that recipient temporary read access as a collaborator so they can review the repository. Rejecting or cancelling the transfer did not revoke this collaboration, so the named recipient kept persistent read access to the private repository, including its code, issues, pull requests and wiki, and could clone it. The repository owner was not notified. Transfer-granted access is now removed while collaborations that existed before the transfer are preserved.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami gitea 28.0.0
  • gitea gitea 28.0.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
32 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami gitea
<28.0.0
28.0.0

Affected products

  • Gitea Gitea

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-672 Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release
  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.