Improper access control in Gitea - CVE-2026-68964

 

Improper access control in Gitea - CVE-2026-68964

Published: August 31, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU146347
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-2026-68964
CWE-ID: CWE-284
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 improper access control in the user SSH and GPG key API endpoints when handling requests for limited-visibility users. A remote user can send crafted API requests to disclose sensitive information.

The issue affects restricted accounts, which can access SSH public keys, GPG keys, fingerprints, and GPG-embedded email addresses of users whose profile visibility is set to Limited.


Affected software

Gitea

How to mitigate CVE-2026-68964

Install security update from vendor's website.

Gitea - update to 1.27.3

External References

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