Gitea private issue disclosure through issue dependency timeline events
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2026-117649 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | Gitea |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2026-11-01 10:18:35 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-11-01 10:18:35 UTC |
| Description | The issue timeline API and the web issue page hid cross-reference events that point at issues the reader cannot access, but not "dependency added" and "dependency removed" events. When a readable issue had been linked as a dependency to an issue in a repository the reader cannot access, for example a private repository, any reader of the first issue, including anonymous users of a public repository, received the linked issue's current title, body, state, labels, poster and attachment names through the API, and its repository, number and title on the web page. Creating the link requires access to both issues; comments and attachment downloads of the linked issue stayed protected. Dependency events are now filtered with the same read permission check; a related exposure of unlinked attachment metadata through hidden dependency placeholders was already fixed in 28.2.0. |
Risk And Classification
EPSS: 0.002210000 probability, percentile 0.127330000 (date 2026-11-01)
Problem Types: CWE-200 | CWE-862 | CWE-200 CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor | CWE-862 CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39847 | 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 | github.com | |
| github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-p86q-78gw-8f3f | 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 | github.com | |
| blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.3.0 | 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 | blog.gitea.com | |
| github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39942 | 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 | github.com | |
| github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.3.0 | 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 | github.com | |
| github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/40085 | 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 | github.com | |
| github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39839 | 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 | github.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
Discovery Credit
CNA: https://github.com/d3do-23 (en)
CNA: https://github.com/kaveeshanirmal141 (en)
CNA: https://github.com/manus-pi (en)
CNA: https://github.com/baek9 (en)
CNA: https://github.com/bruhdev1290 (en)
CNA: https://github.com/yagcioglutoprak (en)
CNA: https://github.com/lunny (en)
CNA: https://github.com/bircni (en)
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.