# CVE-2026-96589 — Gitea

> 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”.

**Last updated:** 2026-10-07

## 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](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-672), [CWE-863](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/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

- [Gitea](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/gitea): Gitea

## 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.

- [Gitea 28.x Patches 27 Security Flaws Including Critical SSH Public-Key Authentication Bypass (CVE-2026-103059), SSRF/DNS Rebinding and Actions Approval Bypasses](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-3046) — CRITICAL · 2026-10-08

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [github.com — vendor advisory](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-xfqq-h54g-92f8)
- [github.com — patch](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39042)
- [blog.gitea.com — release notes](https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/)
- [github.com — release notes](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-96589
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-96589 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp