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Gitea private repository access retained after rejected transfer

Type: advisorySources: OSV

When a private repository is transferred to a user who lacks access, Gitea grants that recipient temporary read access as a collaborator so they can review the repository. Rejecting or cancelling the transfer did not revoke this collaboration, so the named recipient kept persistent read access to the private repository, including its code, issues, pull requests and wiki, and could clone it. The repository owner was not notified. Transfer-granted access is now removed while collaborations that existed before the transfer are preserved.

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CVEs
CVE-2026-96589
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4 Nov 2026, 21:20 UTC · Revision 1

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Gitea private repository access retained after rejected transfer

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Oct 2026, 19:25 UTC

When a private repository is transferred to a user who lacks access, Gitea grants that recipient temporary read access as a collaborator so they can review the repository. Rejecting or cancelling the transfer did not revoke this collaboration, so the named recipient kept persistent read access to the private repository, including its code, issues, pull requests and wiki, and could clone it. The repository owner was not notified. Transfer-granted access is now removed while collaborations that existed before the transfer are preserved.

osv:CVE-2026-96589
Complete source record
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  "id": "d0eb8abe2336b29b820c6ce19cbc1d164fd4bb923561cb1a5915c3f1d205bcd5",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96589",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Gitea private repository access retained after rejected transfer",
    "summary": "When a private repository is transferred to a user who lacks access, Gitea grants that recipient temporary read access as a collaborator so they can review the repository. Rejecting or cancelling the transfer did not revoke this collaboration, so the named recipient kept persistent read access to the private repository, including its code, issues, pull requests and wiki, and could clone it. The repository owner was not notified. Transfer-granted access is now removed while collaborations that existed before the transfer are preserved.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-96589",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-96589",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitea-2026-96589",
        "CVE-2026-96589",
        "GHSA-xfqq-h54g-92f8"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "15b8a5805adf57c5189602008d38cccfd3c795e0"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "28.0.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "15b8a5805adf57c5189602008d38cccfd3c795e0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "v28.0.0"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v29.0.0-dev",
            "v1.28.0-dev",
            "v1.27.0-dev",
            "v1.26.0-dev",
            "v1.25.0-dev",
            "v1.24.0-dev",
            "v1.22.0-rc1",
            "v1.23.0-dev",
            "v1.22.0-rc0",
            "v1.21.0-rc0",
            "v1.22.0-dev",
            "v1.20.0-rc0",
            "v1.21.0-dev",
            "v1.20.0-dev",
            "v1.19.0-rc0",
            "v1.18.0-rc0",
            "v1.19.0-dev",
            "v1.18.0-dev",
            "v1.17.0-dev",
            "v1.16.0-rc1",
            "v1.15.0-rc1",
            "v1.16.0-dev",
            "v1.15.0-dev",
            "v1.14.0-dev",
            "v1.13.0-dev",
            "v1.12.0-dev",
            "v1.10.5",
            "v1.11.0-rc1",
            "v1.10.0-rc1",
            "v1.11.0-dev",
            "v1.9.0-rc1",
            "v1.10.0-dev",
            "v1.9.0-dev",
            "v1.7.0-dev",
            "v1.6.0-rc1",
            "v1.6.0-dev",
            "v1.5.0-rc1",
            "v1.5.0-dev",
            "v1.1.0",
            "v1.0.0",
            "v0.9.99"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-96589.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:39.446797408Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/96xxx/CVE-2026-96589.json",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-xfqq-h54g-92f8",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96589",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39042"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-672",
          "CWE-863"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "Gitea",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/96xxx/CVE-2026-96589.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-96589",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 507199,
  "published_at": "2026-10-06T19:25:38.737+00:00"
}