CVE-2026-110324 Gitea CVE debrief

Who should care

Defenders of Gitea instances, administrators of Gitea, and users of Gitea should assess exposure and potential impact of this vulnerability. Gitea instance defenders should prioritize verifying exposure of Gitea instances to authenticated users, assessing the impact of potential information disclosure, and applying patches or mitigations as needed. Gitea administrators and users should also review compensating controls for exposed systems while remediation

Why it matters

CVE-2026-110324 is a private profile information disclosure vulnerability in Gitea that allows authenticated users to access private profile information. Defenders should prioritize verifying exposure, assessing impact, and applying patches or mitigations as needed.

• Authenticated users may be able to access private profile information
• Defenders must verify Gitea instance exposure and assess potential impact
• Patching or mitigation may be necessary to prevent information disclosure

Technical summary

The visibility check of Gitea user profiles was applied to GET requests only, while POST requests to follow and unfollow users required only a signed-in user. This allows any authenticated user to obtain the full name, location, website, and description of a user with a private profile from the response. The issue was fixed in version 28.1.0 and disclosed with version 28.2.0. Affected Gitea instances should be verified for exposure to authenticated users, and defenders should assess the potential impact of information disclosure. Patches or mitigations should be applied as needed to prevent information disclosure.

Defensive priority

Defenders should prioritize verifying exposure of Gitea instances to authenticated users, assessing the impact of potential information disclosure, and applying patches or mitigations as needed.

Recommended defensive actions

• Verify Gitea instance exposure to authenticated users
• Assess potential impact of information disclosure
• Apply patches or mitigations as needed
• Monitor for suspicious activity
• Review compensating controls for exposed systems while remediation is scheduled and verified
• Check relevant monitoring, detection, and logs for exposed assets that need extra review
• Track exceptions, retest remediated assets, and close the item only after evidence is documented

Evidence notes

The CVE record and source item provide details on the vulnerability, its impact, and the fix. However, the corpus does not establish versions prior to 28.1.0 as affected, nor does it provide specific exploitation details or remediation steps beyond applying patches.

Sources and references

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.