Improper access control in Gitea - CVE-2026-71301
Published: August 31, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU146365
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-2026-71301
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 markup preview route when resolving same-repository pull request references. A remote user can send a specially crafted POST request to disclose sensitive information.
Only pull request titles and displayed state are exposed; bodies, comments, and attachments are not returned.
Affected software
Gitea
How to mitigate CVE-2026-71301
Install security update from vendor's website.
Gitea - update to 1.27.3