CVE-2026-97859

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.

Credits

https://github.com/lukegranto23
https://github.com/KadirArslan
https://github.com/DshtAnger
https://github.com/DevNoScope
https://github.com/gigioneggiando
https://github.com/manus-pi
https://github.com/bircni

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