---
id: CVE-2026-97859
title: 'Gitea API disclosure of private user social graph, keys and stars'
summary: >-
  Seven Gitea API routes under `/api/v1/users/{username}` (followers, following,
  following/{target}, starred, subscriptions, keys and gpg_keys) were registered
  without the `individualPermsChecker` middleware that enforces the visibility
  of…
severity: none
cwe:
  - CWE-862
vendor: Gitea
product: gitea.dev
affected:
  - gitea.dev <= 1.27.2
published: '2026-10-18'
updated: '2026-10-18'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-18T19:01:04.328Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97859'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-xvfh-qwmh-f92w'
    label: GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-xvfh-qwmh-f92w
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39004'
    label: 'Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39004'
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39039'
    label: 'Fix backport to release/v1.27: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39039'
  - url: 'https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.2.0/'
    label: Gitea 28.2.0 release announcement
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.2.0'
    label: go-gitea/gitea v28.2.0 release
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-18T19:51:12.328Z'
---

## Overview

Seven Gitea API routes under `/api/v1/users/{username}` (followers, following, following/{target}, starred, subscriptions, keys and gpg_keys) were registered without the `individualPermsChecker` middleware that enforces the visibility of the target user. An authenticated user could therefore read the followers, following list, starred and watched repositories and public SSH and GPG keys of a user with limited or private visibility, whom they could not otherwise see. The issue was fixed in 1.27.3 and 28.0.0 and disclosed with 28.2.0.

## Affected

- `gitea.dev <= 1.27.2`

## Remediation

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