{"id":"CVE-2026-116289","aliases":["EUVD-2026-114794","GHSA-qcgm-ggp8-22qc"],"status":"published","title":"Gitea public-only token bypass through Actions runner registration","description":"Gitea did not reject personal access tokens restricted to public resources (`public-only`) on the organization Actions runner registration-token endpoint, and the runner registered with the resulting token was not limited to public repositories. Holding only such a token with `write:organization` that belongs to an owner of a public organization, an attacker could register an organization-level runner and receive jobs of the organization's private repositories that have Actions enabled, including the workflow content, Actions secrets and variables, and a task token with access to the private repository. The issue widens what the restricted token can reach; it gives nothing beyond what the owner's full account can already do.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical","assessor":"adp","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00277,"percentile":0.20342,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-863"],"published":"2026-11-01T09:48:35Z","modified":"2026-11-06T15:34:16Z","products":[{"vendor":"gitea","product":"gitea"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-qcgm-ggp8-22qc","tags":["vendor-advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39690","tags":["patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39853","tags":["patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.3.0/","tags":["release-notes","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.3.0","tags":["release-notes","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/116xxx/CVE-2026-116289.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116289","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-116289","title":"Gitea public-only token bypass through Actions runner registration","description":"Gitea did not reject personal access tokens restricted to public resources (`public-only`) on the organization Actions runner registration-token endpoint, and the runner registered with the resulting token was not limited to public repositories. Holding only such a token with `write:organization` that belongs to an owner of a public organization, an attacker could register an organization-level runner and receive jobs of the organization's private repositories that have Actions enabled, including the workflow content, Actions secrets and variables, and a task token with access to the private repository. The issue widens what the restricted token can reach; it gives nothing beyond what the owner's full account can already do.","status":"published","published":"2026-11-01T09:48:35.376Z","modified":"2026-11-06T15:34:16.103Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical","assessor":"adp"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-06T16:58:45.944646Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-114794","description":"Gitea did not reject personal access tokens restricted to public resources (`public-only`) on the organization Actions runner registration-token endpoint, and the runner registered with the resulting token was not limited to public repositories. Holding only such a token with `write:organization` that belongs to an owner of a public organization, an attacker could register an organization-level runner and receive jobs of the organization's private repositories that have Actions enabled, including the workflow content, Actions secrets and variables, and a task token with access to the private repository. The issue widens what the restricted token can reach; it gives nothing beyond what the owner's full account can already do.","status":"published","published":"2026-11-01T09:48:35Z","modified":"2026-11-06T15:34:16Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-06T16:05:19.341764Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-116289","description":"Gitea did not reject personal access tokens restricted to public resources (`public-only`) on the organization Actions runner registration-token endpoint, and the runner registered with the resulting token was not limited to public repositories. Holding only such a token with `write:organization` that belongs to an owner of a public organization, an attacker could register an organization-level runner and receive jobs of the organization's private repositories that have Actions enabled, including the workflow content, Actions secrets and variables, and a task token with access to the private repository. The issue widens what the restricted token can reach; it gives nothing beyond what the owner's full account can already do.","status":"published","published":"2026-11-01T10:18:34.873Z","modified":"2026-11-06T16:17:47.407Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-06T18:00:55.423579Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-116289","title":"Gitea public-only token bypass through Actions runner registration","description":"Gitea did not reject personal access tokens restricted to public resources (`public-only`) on the organization Actions runner registration-token endpoint, and the runner registered with the resulting token was not limited to public repositories. Holding only such a token with `write:organization` that belongs to an owner of a public organization, an attacker could register an organization-level runner and receive jobs of the organization's private repositories that have Actions enabled, including the workflow content, Actions secrets and variables, and a task token with access to the private repository. The issue widens what the restricted token can reach; it gives nothing beyond what the owner's full account can already do.","status":"published","published":"2026-11-01T09:48:35.376Z","modified":"2026-11-08T02:31:08.795870033Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-07T03:08:01.156605Z"}]}}