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Medium 6.5Published Jan 22, 2026
CVE-2026-20883Gitea Stopwatch API Missing Authorization Check Leads to Post-Revocation Information Disclosure
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Gitea's stopwatch API does not re-validate repository access permissions. After a user's access to a private repository is revoked, they may still view issue titles and repository names through previously started stopwatches.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-284
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Gitea
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jan 23, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Gitea Gitea Open Source Git Server gitea:open_source_git_server (from the name) | through 1.25.3 | CNA record |
gitea gitea gitea:gitea | before 1.25.4 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-644v-xv3j-xgqgvendor-advisory, broken-link
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36340patch, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36368patch, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.4release-notes
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.4/release-notes
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