What is CVE-2026-68957?

CVE-2026-68957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitea, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-10-14.

How severe is CVE-2026-68957?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gitea

CVE-2026-68957

Gitea's API and web issue-search paths do not treat restricted accounts as anonymous viewers when evaluating Limited-visibility repository owners. A restricted user can search and retrieve issue titles and bodies that should be hidden by the owner's visibility policy. Keyword matching can also reveal that hidden issue content or comments contain a supplied term.

Published 2026-10-14 · last modified 2026-10-14.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Gitea

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 (vendor-advisory)
88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 (release-notes)
88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 (patch)
88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 (patch)
88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 (release-notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-68957?: CVE-2026-68957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitea, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-10-14.
How severe is CVE-2026-68957?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.