Description
The repositories, stars and watching tabs of user profiles and the repository list of organization home pages included private repositories for every signed-in request without checking whether the request used a personal access token restricted to public resources (`public-only`). A holder of such a token could list the private repositories visible to the token's owner, and that user's stars and watches of private repositories. The API and the profile activity tab already applied the restriction. The impact is disclosure of repository names and metadata, not of repository content.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gitea | Gitea | < 28.3.0 | 28.3.0 |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-4281 Gitea: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 1, 2026
References
- GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-wxcq-p34j-7cjj vendor-advisory
- Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39690 patch
- Fix backport to release/v28: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39853 patch
- Gitea 28.3.0 release announcement release-notes
- go-gitea/gitea v28.3.0 release release-notes