{"id":"CVE-2026-96589","title":"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","summary":"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 collabor…","severity":"none","cwe":["CWE-672","CWE-863"],"vendor":"Gitea","product":"gitea.dev","affected":["gitea.dev <= 1.27.3"],"published":"2026-10-06","updated":"2026-10-06","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-06T20:17:35.710","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96589","references":[{"url":"https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/","label":"88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2"},{"url":"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39042","label":"88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2"},{"url":"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0","label":"88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2"},{"url":"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-xfqq-h54g-92f8","label":"88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-06T20:16:42.493Z","slug":"CVE-2026-96589","body":"## Overview\n\nWhen 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}