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medium 4.3

CVE-2026-66853 json

Gitea restricted-user organization metadata disclosure

published 2mo ago modified 28d ago also EUVD-2026-101087 , GHSA-w4wc-g858-3672

Unreviewed: the maintainers' own advisory

Published by the maintainers on their GitHub repository go-gitea/gitea. GitHub has not reviewed it into the GitHub Advisory Database, so the affected packages and versions are the maintainers' word. Read the full advisory on GitHub.

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Gitea's user organization-list API includes Limited-visibility organizations for authenticated restricted accounts without applying the visibility restriction enforced by the single-organization endpoint. A restricted user can list a known user's public organization memberships and retrieve limited organizations' names, descriptions, and avatars. This exposes organization metadata that should be hidden from the requesting account.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
28d ago

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Gitea Gitea

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

Sources

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The maintainers of go-gitea/gitea published their own advisory on GitHub. Reviewed sources take precedence over it.