---
id: CVE-2026-96594
title: >-
  The Gitea API endpoint `GET /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/media/{filepath}`
  wrote files of up to 1 KiB that are stored directly in Git, not in LFS, to the
  response without the content type and disposition headers Gitea uses for user
  conte…
summary: >-
  The Gitea API endpoint `GET /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/media/{filepath}`
  wrote files of up to 1 KiB that are stored directly in Git, not in LFS, to the
  response without the content type and disposition headers Gitea uses for user
  conte…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: gitea
product: gitea
affected:
  - gitea < 28.1.0
patched:
  - gitea 28.1.0
published: '2026-10-06'
updated: '2026-10-13'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-13T17:59:22.620'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96594'
references:
  - url: 'https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.1.0/'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39501'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39507'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.1.0'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-94rx-fqm6-q23v'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-96594.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96594'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96594'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
epss: 0.00223
epssPercentile: 0.12804
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-07T15:04:06.630412Z'
scores:
  nvd: 6.1
  vendor: 5.4
  adp: 6.1
ingestedAt: '2026-10-06T22:23:15.972Z'
---

## Overview

The Gitea API endpoint `GET /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/media/{filepath}` wrote files of up to 1 KiB that are stored directly in Git, not in LFS, to the response without the content type and disposition headers Gitea uses for user content. An HTML file committed to a repository was therefore rendered by the browser on the Gitea origin. A user who can push to a repository could run JavaScript in the session of a victim who opens the media URL and act with the victim's permissions.

## Affected

- `gitea < 28.1.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `gitea 28.1.0`

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · updated 2026-10-07 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-96594.json)