Gitea anonymous Git LFS access despite required sign-in

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-120725
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitea
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-11-15 22:17:17 UTC
Updated2026-11-15 22:17:17 UTC
DescriptionWith `REQUIRE_SIGNIN_VIEW = true`, the Git LFS endpoints still answered unauthenticated requests for repositories that are not private. An anonymous client who knows the path of such a repository and the SHA-256 of an LFS object could download the object, and could use the batch endpoint to test whether an object exists. The Git LFS endpoints now require authentication when sign-in is required to view the instance.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-306 | CWE-306 CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Gitea Gitea affected 28.4.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/40131 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 github.com
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.4.0 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 github.com
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-8pmc-9g44-v9gw 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 github.com
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/40281 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 github.com
blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.4.0 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 blog.gitea.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: https://github.com/silverwind (en)

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