Gitea's web attachment handler skips its cross-repository ownership check for attachments created before 16 January 2026 and checks permissions against the repository named in the request URL instead. An unauthenticated attacker who knows a private attachment's UUID can request it through a public repository's attachment path and retrieve its contents. This can expose issue and pull request attachments or release assets; the random attachment UUID must already be known to the attacker.
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| Description | Gitea's web attachment handler skips its cross-repository ownership check for attachments created before 16 January 2026 and checks permissions against the repository named in the request URL instead. An unauthenticated attacker who knows a private attachment's UUID can request it through a public repository's attachment path and retrieve its contents. This can expose issue and pull request attachments or release assets; the random attachment UUID must already be known to the attacker. | |
| Title | Gitea private attachment disclosure through repository mismatch | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-1220 CWE-284 CWE-639 CWE-863 |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Gitea
Published: 2026-10-14T14:38:17.247Z
Updated: 2026-10-18T13:35:37.544Z
Reserved: 2026-08-24T20:45:09.297Z
Link: CVE-2026-78433
Vulnrichment
Updated: 2026-10-18T13:35:27.855Z
NVD
Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-10-14T15:17:25.637
Modified: 2026-10-18T14:16:56.500
Link: CVE-2026-78433
Redhat
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