Description
The Gitea web handlers for adding and removing reactions on issues and comments did not refuse locked issues for users without write access, although the API did. A signed-in user who could read an issue could therefore add or remove reactions on a locked issue and its comments, bypassing the interaction restriction of the lock. Only reactions were affected; no content could be changed.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gitea | Gitea | ≤ 28.1.0 | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-4021 Gitea: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Oct 18, 2026
References
- GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-wx44-9m3m-rjqx vendor-advisory
- Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39839 patch
- Fix backport to release/v28: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39847 patch
- Gitea 28.2.0 release announcement release-notes
- go-gitea/gitea v28.2.0 release release-notes