---
id: CVE-2026-109844
title: Gitea watched repositories API disclosure after access revocation
summary: >-
  `GET /api/v1/user/subscriptions` returned the metadata of every repository a
  user was watching without checking that the user still had access to it. A
  user who watched a private repository while having access, and later lost it,
  for exa…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cvssSource: adp
cwe:
  - CWE-862
vendor: Gitea
product: gitea.dev
affected:
  - gitea.dev <= 1.26.4
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-19T20:16:26.671500Z'
published: '2026-10-18'
updated: '2026-10-19'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-19T20:16:31.969Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-109844'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-96gv-2xc4-4hxj'
    label: GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-96gv-2xc4-4hxj
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38321'
    label: 'Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #38321'
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38390'
    label: 'Fix backport to release/v1.27: go-gitea/gitea pull request #38390'
  - url: 'https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.2.0/'
    label: Gitea 28.2.0 release announcement
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.2.0'
    label: go-gitea/gitea v28.2.0 release
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-18T19:51:12.338Z'
epss: 0.00199
epssPercentile: 0.0968
---

## Overview

`GET /api/v1/user/subscriptions` returned the metadata of every repository a user was watching without checking that the user still had access to it. A user who watched a private repository while having access, and later lost it, for example through a team permission downgrade, could still read its name, description, clone URLs, owner and counters. The issue was fixed in 1.27.0 and 28.0.0 and disclosed with 28.2.0.

## Affected

- `gitea.dev <= 1.26.4`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.