Seven Gitea API routes under `/api/v1/users/{username}` (followers, following, following/{target}, starred, subscriptions, keys and gpg_keys) were registered without the `individualPermsChecker` middleware that enforces the visibility of the target user. An authenticated user could therefore read the followers, following list, starred and watched repositories and public SSH and GPG keys of a user with limited or private visibility, whom they could not otherwise see. The issue was fixed in 1.27.3 and 28.0.0 and disclosed with 28.2.0.
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| Description | Seven Gitea API routes under `/api/v1/users/{username}` (followers, following, following/{target}, starred, subscriptions, keys and gpg_keys) were registered without the `individualPermsChecker` middleware that enforces the visibility of the target user. An authenticated user could therefore read the followers, following list, starred and watched repositories and public SSH and GPG keys of a user with limited or private visibility, whom they could not otherwise see. The issue was fixed in 1.27.3 and 28.0.0 and disclosed with 28.2.0. | |
| Title | Gitea API disclosure of private user social graph, keys and stars | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Gitea
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-18T19:01:04.328Z
Reserved: 2026-10-04T22:02:04.898Z
Link: CVE-2026-97859
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-18T19:16:33.637
Modified: 2026-10-18T19:16:33.637
Link: CVE-2026-97859
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Updated: 2026-10-18T21:00:10Z
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