# CVE-2026-97626: Gitea profile feed disclosure bypassing user visibility

- Also known as: GHSA-HF55-9CWQ-2X64
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-10-06 · Updated: 2026-10-07

## Affected

- gitea.dev: through 28.0.0

## Description

Requesting a user or organization profile page (`GET /{username}`) with an `Accept: application/rss+xml` or `Accept: application/atom+xml` header returned the owner's activity feed without the visibility check that the profile page and the `.rss` and `.atom` routes apply. Anonymous users, restricted users and non-members could confirm the existence of limited or private users and private organizations and read their profile details and public activity, also when `[other] ENABLE_FEED` was disabled. Activity in private repositories was not included.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gitea.dev, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-hf55-9cwq-2x64
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39501
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39507
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.1.0/
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.1.0

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