Missing Authorization in Gitea - CVE-2026-25038
Published: June 22, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU135006
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-25038
CWE-ID: CWE-862
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to missing authorization in the Organization Labels API endpoints when handling requests for labels of private organizations. A remote user can send crafted API requests to disclose sensitive information.
The issue is limited to read access through GET /api/v1/orgs/{org}/labels and GET /api/v1/orgs/{org}/labels/{id}. No unauthorized modification of labels was observed.
Affected software
Gitea
How to mitigate CVE-2026-25038
Install security update from vendor's website.
Gitea - update to 1.26.3