CVE-2026-119627 Gitea limited-visibility profile disclosure with public-only tokens
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-119627?
CVE-2026-119627 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitea, published on 1 Nov 2026.
Official description
The web profile and RSS/Atom feed routes of users and organizations checked only whether a signed-in viewer could see a limited-visibility owner, without considering the `public-only` restriction of the personal access token used to authenticate. Any user holding a public-only token could send it over HTTP Basic authentication to read the profile and activity feed of limited-visibility users and organizations, which are hidden from anonymous visitors and refused on the equivalent API routes. The disclosure covers existence, profile metadata and public activity; it does not grant write access.
Weakness: CWE-1220
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-119627?
How do I fix CVE-2026-119627?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-119627 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-119627 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-119627 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5j4v-rwqr-vpq7.