CVE-2026-119625: Gitea user and organization feed token scope bypass
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 17/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.19% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Gitea Gitea 28.3.0.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Gitea Gitea 28.3.0 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
The `/{username}` web route accepted personal access tokens over HTTP Basic authentication without checking their scope. A token confined to an unrelated scope, such as `read:issue`, could read its owner's private activity through the user RSS/Atom feed and the profile activity tab, and other members' activity in a private organization through the organization feed; a public-only token could list the owner's private repositories and organizations and render private profile READMEs. For a site administrator's token this applied to every account. Tokens are now accepted on this route only for feeds, which require `read:user` or `read:organization`.
- Published
- Nov 1, 2026
- Updated
- Nov 6, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 9th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-863
Report tools
Action score
17
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
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- No public exploit code on record
- A fix has been released
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Gitea). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Gitea Gitea
- before 28.3.0affected · semver
Same product
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-119441Nov 1, 2026 · Gitea public-only token bypass on bulk organization repository deletion30Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-119533Nov 1, 2026 · Gitea private pull request disclosure on project boards30Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-119627Nov 1, 2026 · Gitea limited-visibility profile disclosure with public-only tokens17Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Gitea Gitea | 28.3.0 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Published
- Fix recordedsame day
- TodayNov 7, 2026+6 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- https://github.com/carfeiireporter
- https://github.com/DshtAngerreporter
- https://github.com/manus-pireporter
- https://github.com/cruzzerreporter
- https://github.com/lunnyanalyst
- https://github.com/bircniremediation developer
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-7118418 days apartGitea fork workflow approval bypass through review events35Monitor
- CVE-2026-7996026 days apartGitea deploy key pushes acting as the repository owner28Monitor
- CVE-2026-8668426 days apartGitea push mirror local path check uses the repository owner28Monitor
- CVE-2026-7040618 days apartGitea private comparison disclosure with public-only tokens26Monitor
- CVE-2026-7039618 days apartGitea organization repository creation token scope bypass21Monitor
- CVE-2026-7040018 days apartGitea private migration creation with public-only tokens21Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-863 · Incorrect AuthorizationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- SSVC exploitation— → none
- CVSS— → 4.3
- Severity— → medium
- Exploit maturity— → none
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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