Medium severity · published Oct 14, 2026
CVE-2026-66849
Gitea restricted-user package visibility bypass
4.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Gitea's package registry grants authenticated users read access to packages owned by Limited-visibility users without excluding restricted accounts. A restricted user can enumerate and download those packages despite the visibility policy that should prevent this access. The issue affects user-owned package registries and exposes package contents across the intended authorization boundary.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
Gitea · Gitea
through 1.27.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-66849
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-66849
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-px3q-x2mm-55wg
release-notes
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.3/
patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39043
patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39058
release-notes
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.3
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