Gitea up to 28.0.0 User Profiles privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Gitea up to 28.0.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component User Profiles. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-110324. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Gitea up to 28.0.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component User Profiles. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The visibility check of Gitea user profiles was applied to GET requests only, while `POST /{username}` (follow and unfollow) required only a signed-in user. Any authenticated user could therefore obtain the full name, location, website and description of a user with a private profile from the response. The issue was fixed in 28.1.0 and disclosed with 28.2.0.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-110324 since 10/14/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 28.1.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-103990). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Gitea 28.1.0

Timelineinfo

10/14/2026 CVE reserved
10/18/2026 +4 days Advisory disclosed
10/18/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/19/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-110324 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-110324
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-422227
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/18/2026 21:15
Updated: 10/19/2026 00:10
Changes: 10/18/2026 21:15 (54), 10/19/2026 00:10 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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