Description
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gitea | Gitea | ≤ 1.27.3 | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-3792 Gitea: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Oct 6, 2026
References
- GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-xfqq-h54g-92f8 vendor-advisory
- Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39042 patch
- Gitea 28.0.0 release announcement release-notes
- go-gitea/gitea v28.0.0 release release-notes