Description
The web profile and RSS/Atom feed routes of users and organizations checked only whether a signed-in viewer could see a limited-visibility owner, without considering the `public-only` restriction of the personal access token used to authenticate. Any user holding a public-only token could send it over HTTP Basic authentication to read the profile and activity feed of limited-visibility users and organizations, which are hidden from anonymous visitors and refused on the equivalent API routes. The disclosure covers existence, profile metadata and public activity; it does not grant write access.
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-5j4v-rwqr-vpq7 vendor-advisory
- Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39690 patch
- Fix backport to release/v28: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39853 patch
- Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39945 patch
- Fix backport to release/v28: go-gitea/gitea pull request #40115 patch
- Gitea 28.3.0 release announcement release-notes
- go-gitea/gitea v28.3.0 release release-notes