CVE-2026-20883
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.02%Gitea Stopwatch API Missing Authorization Check Leads to Post-Revocation Information Disclosure
Published: 1/23/2026Modified: 2/2/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Bitnami/giteafrom 0, < 1.25.4
- Go/code.gitea.io/giteafrom 0, < 1.25.4
- Go/github.com/go-gitea/giteafrom 0, < 1.25.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References (10)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j8xr-c56q-m8jj
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20883
- PATCHhttps://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-gitea/gitea
- WEBhttps://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.4
- WEBhttps://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.4/
- WEBhttps://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/commit/95ea2df00a70176c516b12f3cfee8c84a310280f
- WEBhttps://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36340
- WEBhttps://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36368
- WEBhttps://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.4
- WEBhttps://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-644v-xv3j-xgqg