CVE-2026-117635
What it is
The `/api/v1/admin` route group did not enforce the `public-only` restriction of personal access tokens. A public-only token with admin scope issued by a site administrator could therefore list private organizations and the email addresses of all users, create organizations, obtain runner registration tokens and create new site administrator accounts, the last of which persists after the token is revoked. Tokens of users who are not site administrators cannot reach these routes; public-only tokens are now rejected on the admin API.
At a glance
- Exploit odds
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.1% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-284 · Improper access control
- Record status
- Deferred
Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39690
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39853
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.3.0
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-37xv-m4w7-j2fh