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.
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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.
Title Gitea limited-visibility profile disclosure with public-only tokens
Weaknesses CWE-1220
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Gitea

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-01T09:48:58.988Z

Reserved: 2026-11-01T08:48:41.168Z

Link: CVE-2026-119627

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-01T10:18:37.073

Modified: 2026-11-01T10:18:37.183

Link: CVE-2026-119627

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Updated: 2026-11-01T11:30:06Z

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