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CVE-2026-20800 sibling endpoints not covered: revoked user still reads private repo objects via `/api/v1/user/starred` and private issue titles via `/api/v1/user/times`

Moderate
bircni published GHSA-qf2f-qh6p-7v89 Jul 13, 2026

Package

gomod code.gitea.io/gitea (Go)

Affected versions

1.25.4

Patched versions

1.27.0

Description

Summary

CVE-2026-20800 fixed private-info leakage to revoked users only for the notification endpoint. Two
sibling endpoints that return data keyed on the caller's own relationship still do not re-check repo
access at output time:

  • GET /api/v1/user/starredgetStarredRepos() computes a per-repo permission but still lists every
    starred repo (no filtering), so the full repo object (full_name, private, clone_url, ssh_url)
    of a now-inaccessible private repo is returned.
  • GET /api/v1/user/timesListMyTrackedTimes() queries by UserID only and LoadAttributes brings
    in the issue (title, state), leaking private issue titles after revocation.

Steps to reproduce

Using the provided reproduction materials, as a revoked user:

  1. Control: GET /api/v1/repos/admin/starred-test404.
  2. GET /api/v1/user/starred → leaks admin/starred-test, private:true, clone_url.
  3. GET /api/v1/user/times → leaks issue.title = "SECRET: …", state.

(Runtime-confirmed on gitea/gitea:1.25.4. Oracle = planted sentinel title; no real secret exfiltrated.)

Impact

A former collaborator can enumerate private repos they starred and read private issue titles they logged
time on, indefinitely after access revocation. Metadata only (no repo content / comment bodies). Low.

Suggested remediation

  1. getStarredRepos: drop (or minimally redact) repos where permission.HasAnyUnitAccessOrPublicAccess()
    is false for the caller.
  2. ListMyTrackedTimes: filter tracked-time entries by current repo access.
  3. Optionally clear a user's stars / time entries for a private repo on revocation.

Credit

Reported as part of an incomplete-patch measurement study (responsible disclosure).

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2026-59766

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits