GHSA-qf2f-qh6p-7v89MediumCVSS 4.3

Gitea CVE-2026-20800 sibling endpoints not covered: revoked user still reads private repo objects via `/api/v1/user/starred` and private issue titles via `/api/v1/user/times`

Published
July 21, 2026
Last Modified
July 21, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

Summary

CVE-2026-20800 fixed private-info leakage to revoked users only for the notification endpoint. Two sibling endpoints that return data keyed on the caller's own relationship still do not re-check repo access at output time:

  • GET /api/v1/user/starredgetStarredRepos() computes a per-repo permission but still lists every starred repo (no filtering), so the full repo object (full_name, private, clone_url, ssh_url) of a now-inaccessible private repo is returned.
  • GET /api/v1/user/timesListMyTrackedTimes() queries by UserID only and LoadAttributes brings in the issue (title, state), leaking private issue titles after revocation.

Steps to reproduce

Using the provided reproduction materials, as a revoked user:

  1. Control: GET /api/v1/repos/admin/starred-test404.
  2. GET /api/v1/user/starred → leaks admin/starred-test, private:true, clone_url.
  3. GET /api/v1/user/times → leaks issue.title = "SECRET: …", state.

(Runtime-confirmed on gitea/gitea:1.25.4. Oracle = planted sentinel title; no real secret exfiltrated.)

Impact

A former collaborator can enumerate private repos they starred and read private issue titles they logged time on, indefinitely after access revocation. Metadata only (no repo content / comment bodies). Low.

Suggested remediation

  1. getStarredRepos: drop (or minimally redact) repos where permission.HasAnyUnitAccessOrPublicAccess() is false for the caller.
  2. ListMyTrackedTimes: filter tracked-time entries by current repo access.
  3. Optionally clear a user's stars / time entries for a private repo on revocation.

Credit

Reported as part of an incomplete-patch measurement study (responsible disclosure).

🎯 Affected products1

  • go/code.gitea.io/gitea:< 1.27.0

🔗 References (3)