{"id":"CVE-2026-97859","aliases":["EUVD-2026-103993","GHSA-xvfh-qwmh-f92w"],"status":"published","title":"Gitea API disclosure of private user social graph, keys and stars","description":"Seven Gitea API routes under `/api/v1/users/{username}` (followers, following, following/{target}, starred, subscriptions, keys and gpg_keys) were registered without the `individualPermsChecker` middleware that enforces the visibility of the target user. An authenticated user could therefore read the followers, following list, starred and watched repositories and public SSH and GPG keys of a user with limited or private visibility, whom they could not otherwise see. The issue was fixed in 1.27.3 and 28.0.0 and disclosed with 28.2.0.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"adp","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00309,"percentile":0.23962,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"published":"2026-10-18T19:01:04Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:29Z","exploits":[{"source":"pocgithub","id":"ahiamaduuche-sys/CVE-2026-97859-Analysis","title":"ahiamaduuche-sys/CVE-2026-97859-Analysis","date":"2026-10-21","url":"https://github.com/ahiamaduuche-sys/CVE-2026-97859-Analysis"},{"source":"pocgithub","id":"ahiamaduuche-sys/CVE-2026-97859-CYB-Analysis","title":"ahiamaduuche-sys/CVE-2026-97859-CYB-Analysis","date":"2026-10-21","url":"https://github.com/ahiamaduuche-sys/CVE-2026-97859-CYB-Analysis"},{"source":"pocgithub","id":"ahiamaduuche-sys/CVE-2026-97859-Cybersecurity-Analysis","title":"ahiamaduuche-sys/CVE-2026-97859-Cybersecurity-Analysis","date":"2026-10-21","url":"https://github.com/ahiamaduuche-sys/CVE-2026-97859-Cybersecurity-Analysis"}],"products":[{"vendor":"gitea","product":"gitea"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-xvfh-qwmh-f92w","tags":["vendor-advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39004","tags":["patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39039","tags":["patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.2.0/","tags":["release-notes","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.2.0","tags":["release-notes","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/97xxx/CVE-2026-97859.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97859","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-97859","title":"Gitea API disclosure of private user social graph, keys and stars","description":"Seven Gitea API routes under `/api/v1/users/{username}` (followers, following, following/{target}, starred, subscriptions, keys and gpg_keys) were registered without the `individualPermsChecker` middleware that enforces the visibility of the target user. An authenticated user could therefore read the followers, following list, starred and watched repositories and public SSH and GPG keys of a user with limited or private visibility, whom they could not otherwise see. The issue was fixed in 1.27.3 and 28.0.0 and disclosed with 28.2.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-18T19:01:04.328Z","modified":"2026-10-19T18:54:32.163Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"adp"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:44:18.366073Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-103993","description":"Seven Gitea API routes under `/api/v1/users/{username}` (followers, following, following/{target}, starred, subscriptions, keys and gpg_keys) were registered without the `individualPermsChecker` middleware that enforces the visibility of the target user. An authenticated user could therefore read the followers, following list, starred and watched repositories and public SSH and GPG keys of a user with limited or private visibility, whom they could not otherwise see. The issue was fixed in 1.27.3 and 28.0.0 and disclosed with 28.2.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-18T19:01:04Z","modified":"2026-10-19T18:54:32Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:59:49.097498Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-97859","description":"Seven Gitea API routes under `/api/v1/users/{username}` (followers, following, following/{target}, starred, subscriptions, keys and gpg_keys) were registered without the `individualPermsChecker` middleware that enforces the visibility of the target user. An authenticated user could therefore read the followers, following list, starred and watched repositories and public SSH and GPG keys of a user with limited or private visibility, whom they could not otherwise see. The issue was fixed in 1.27.3 and 28.0.0 and disclosed with 28.2.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-18T19:16:33.637Z","modified":"2026-10-19T20:52:16.127Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:13:00.483792Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-97859","title":"Gitea API disclosure of private user social graph, keys and stars","description":"Seven Gitea API routes under `/api/v1/users/{username}` (followers, following, following/{target}, starred, subscriptions, keys and gpg_keys) were registered without the `individualPermsChecker` middleware that enforces the visibility of the target user. An authenticated user could therefore read the followers, following list, starred and watched repositories and public SSH and GPG keys of a user with limited or private visibility, whom they could not otherwise see. The issue was fixed in 1.27.3 and 28.0.0 and disclosed with 28.2.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-18T19:01:04.328Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:29.958567556Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:21.262447Z"}]}}