# CVE-2026-97859: Gitea API disclosure of private user social graph, keys and stars

- Also known as: GHSA-XVFH-QWMH-F92W
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- gitea.dev: through 1.27.2

## Description

Seven Gitea API routes under `/api/v1/users/{username}` (followers, following, following/{target}, starred, subscriptions, keys and gpg_keys) were registered without the `individualPermsChecker` middleware that enforces the visibility of the target user. An authenticated user could therefore read the followers, following list, starred and watched repositories and public SSH and GPG keys of a user with limited or private visibility, whom they could not otherwise see. The issue was fixed in 1.27.3 and 28.0.0 and disclosed with 28.2.0.

## 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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## References

- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-xvfh-qwmh-f92w
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39004
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39039
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.2.0/
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.2.0

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