CVE-2026-0798 Gitea Release Email Notifications Leak Private Repository Release Details After Access Revocation

What is CVE-2026-0798?

CVE-2026-0798 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gitea Gitea, published on 22 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Gitea may send release notification emails for private repositories to users whose access has been revoked. When a repository is changed from public to private, users who previously watched the repository may continue to receive release notifications, potentially disclosing release titles, tags, and content.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-0798?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including code.gitea.io/gitea and gitea. It affects 1 product.

Products include Gitea Gitea.

How do I fix CVE-2026-0798?

Upgrade code.gitea.io/gitea to 1.25.4 or later.

Is CVE-2026-0798 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-0798 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Gitea Gitea

• CVE-2026-60004 Gitea Code Injection Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-73278 Gitea WebAuthn bypass during OAuth and OIDC sign-in Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-94205 Gitea fork workflow approval bypass through maintainer-triggered events Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-42968 Gitea vulnerable to Argument Injection Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-45330 Improper Privilege Management in Gitea Critical 9.8

All Gitea Gitea vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-gitea-2026-0798, GHSA-8fwc-qjw5-rvgp, GHSA-f4wq-6ww5-m56p, GO-2026-4365.