CVE•Published 2026-10-06•Modified 2026-10-13•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-96589Gitea · Gitea

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 89% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-672Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release CWE-863Incorrect Authorization

Description

When a private repository is transferred to a user who lacks access, Gitea grants that recipient temporary read access as a collaborator so they can review the repository. Rejecting or cancelling the transfer did not revoke this collaboration, so the named recipient kept persistent read access to the private repository, including its code, issues, pull requests and wiki, and could clone it. The repository owner was not notified. Transfer-granted access is now removed while collaborations that existed before the transfer are preserved.

Timeline

Published 2026-10-06

Modified 2026-10-13

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag3,639 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-96589

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Gitea Gitea"

All exposed Gitea Gitea instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Gitea"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Gitea" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-96589