---
id: CVE-2026-96594
title: >-
  The Gitea API endpoint `GET /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/media/{filepath}`
  wrote files of up to 1 KiB that are stored directly in Git, not in LFS, to the
  response without the content type and disposition headers Gitea uses for user
  conte…
summary: >-
  The Gitea API endpoint `GET /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/media/{filepath}`
  wrote files of up to 1 KiB that are stored directly in Git, not in LFS, to the
  response without the content type and disposition headers Gitea uses for user
  conte…
severity: none
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: Gitea
product: gitea.dev
affected:
  - gitea.dev <= 28.0.0
published: '2026-10-06'
updated: '2026-10-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-06T22:17:07.810'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96594'
references:
  - url: 'https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.1.0/'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39501'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39507'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.1.0'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-94rx-fqm6-q23v'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-06T22:23:15.972Z'
---

## Overview

The Gitea API endpoint `GET /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/media/{filepath}` wrote files of up to 1 KiB that are stored directly in Git, not in LFS, to the response without the content type and disposition headers Gitea uses for user content. An HTML file committed to a repository was therefore rendered by the browser on the Gitea origin. A user who can push to a repository could run JavaScript in the session of a victim who opens the media URL and act with the victim's permissions.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.