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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Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:45:00 +0000
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Gitea gitea |
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Gitea
Gitea gitea |
Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Gitea private repository access retained after rejected transfer | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-672 CWE-863 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Gitea
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-06T19:25:38.737Z
Reserved: 2026-10-04T21:59:53.552Z
Link: CVE-2026-96589
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-06T20:17:35.710
Modified: 2026-10-06T20:17:35.710
Link: CVE-2026-96589
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-07T00:30:08Z