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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-96589Published 2026-10-06

CVE-2026-96589 — Gitea

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As of 2026-10-07, CVE-2026-96589 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in Gitea, CVSS v3.1 4.3, EPSS 0.2% (10.9th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-96589, most recently “Gitea 28.x Patches 27 Security Flaws Including Critical SSH Public-Key Authentication Bypass (CVE-2026-103059), SSRF/DNS Rebinding and Actions Approval Bypasses”.

CVSS v3.1
4.3/10Medium
EPSS
0.2%Higher than 10.9% of scored CVEs
CISA KEV
NoNot in the KEV catalog
Tracked threats
1Campaigns referencing it
Priority
2.6/10Threadlinqs triage score
Published
Updated 2026-10-07
CVSS v3.1 4.3 (MEDIUM) · EPSS 0.2% (higher than 10.9% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 2.6/10 · Published 2026-10-06

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What is CVE-2026-96589?

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.

The record classifies CVE-2026-96589 under weakness classes CWE-672, CWE-863. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 4 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score
4.3 — MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS (FIRST)
0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.9% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Threadlinqs priority
2.6/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
Published
2026-10-06, last modified 2026-10-07

Is CVE-2026-96589 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 37 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

How to fix CVE-2026-96589

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-96589 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-96589

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-96589, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .

Vendor advisory and patch