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CVE-2026-118394: Gitea · Information Exposure

Affects GiteaSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited : upgrade to 28.3.0 when convenient.

Data as of 1 Nov 2026, 10:07 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated Medium by Threat Radar's AI analysis · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
Patch
Available – fixed in 28.3.0

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 1 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 24 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Gitea to 28.3.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Giteagitea.devAffected
  • >=1.23.0 <28.3.0
Fixed in
  • 28.3.0

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AI-suggested

Upgrade Gitea to version 28.3.0 or later, where the OAuth2 userinfo endpoint correctly uses the scope of the authenticating token to prevent unauthorized exposure of private membership information.

Description

CVE-2026-118394 is an information exposure vulnerability in Gitea's OAuth2 userinfo endpoint. The flaw caused the endpoint to incorrectly determine the scope of OAuth2 tokens, leading to unauthorized disclosure of private organization and team membership information of the token owner. No repository content was exposed. The issue is fixed in Gitea version 28.3.0.

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