CVE-2026-96589
MEDIUMDescription
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.
How to fix
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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 16% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
Other CWE-672 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Exploited | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-23638 | Medium | 6.5 | 60% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2020-11027 | Medium | 6.1 | 14% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2019-17638 | Critical | 9.4 | 11% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2009-3547 | High | 7.0 | 4.9% | - | - |
| CVE-2019-15691 | High | 7.2 | 4.7% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2020-24030 | Critical | 9.8 | 2.7% | - | - |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2026-96589?
Upgrade gitea to 28.0.0 or later.
Is CVE-2026-96589 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2026-96589 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.24% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 16% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2026-96589?
CVE-2026-96589 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2026-96589 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for gitea (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-10-13.