Medium severity · published Oct 14, 2026
CVE-2026-78433
Gitea private attachment disclosure through repository mismatch
5.9
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Gitea's web attachment handler skips its cross-repository ownership check for attachments created before 16 January 2026 and checks permissions against the repository named in the request URL instead. An unauthenticated attacker who knows a private attachment's UUID can request it through a public repository's attachment path and retrieve its contents. This can expose issue and pull request attachments or release assets; the random attachment UUID must already be known to the attacker.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
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
1.26.0 through 1.27.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78433
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-78433
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-frpv-2xgv-wxpq
release-notes
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.3/
patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39048
patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39077
release-notes
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.3
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