CVE-2026-0798 | Gitea Release Email Notifications Leak Private Repository Release Details After Access Revocation

Gitea may send release notification emails for private repositories to users whose access has been revoked. When a repository is changed from public to private, users who previously watched the repository may continue to receive release notifications, potentially disclosing release titles, tags, and content.

Published: 2026-01-22 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 Source: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-0798 is rated Low Risk (20.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-0798

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.26% +0.24%
2 2026-01-23 0.02%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-0798

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.1 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-0798

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-0798

GHSA-8fwc-qjw5-rvgp · Severity: low · Ecosystem: go — Gitea may send release notification emails for private repositories to users whose access has been revoked

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-0798

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2026-0798: 1 source package rows (gitea); 44 state rows across 2 repos (3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 44. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-0798
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0798

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-0798

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gitea gitea < 1.25.4 cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*

References for CVE-2026-0798

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