Gitea restricted-user issue search disclosure

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  "id": "6cf4e75dda3ffc32fa6590d87ec56498e100ca59b65ce311be407e01029dbc9a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-68957",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Gitea restricted-user issue search disclosure",
    "summary": "Gitea's API and web issue-search paths do not treat restricted accounts as anonymous viewers when evaluating Limited-visibility repository owners. A restricted user can search and retrieve issue titles and bodies that should be hidden by the owner's visibility policy. Keyword matching can also reveal that hidden issue content or comments contain a supplied term.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-68957",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-68957",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2026-68957",
        "GHSA-wg93-gp4m-c6vr"
      ],
      "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": "146cc3eec57174711eac0e0a0c7b38670c6e3922"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.27.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "StandardRange"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
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                        "fixed": "146cc3eec57174711eac0e0a0c7b38670c6e3922"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "v1.27.3"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v1.27.2",
            "v1.27.1",
            "v1.27.0",
            "v1.27.0-rc0",
            "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",
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            "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-2026-68957.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:50.809288513Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.3/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68957.json",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.3",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-wg93-gp4m-c6vr",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68957",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39004",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39039"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "Gitea",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68957.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-68957",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 519371,
  "published_at": "2026-10-14T14:36:22.95+00:00"
}