CVE-2026-28740 PUBLISHED

Gitea LFS object reuse bypasses Code-unit authorization

Assigner: Gitea
Reserved: 03.03.2026 Published: 03.07.2026 Updated: 03.07.2026

Gitea versions up to and including 1.26.2 allow Git LFS object reuse to authorize private source objects for users who have repository access but lack Code-unit access.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.1

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Changed
Attack Complexity	High	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Gitea
Product	Gitea Open Source Git Server
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 1.26.2 (incl.)

Credits

m2hcz reporter

References

GitHub Security Advisory
GitHub Pull Request #38050
Gitea v1.26.3 Release
Gitea v1.26.4 Release Blog Post

Problem Types

CWE-639 CWE
CWE-863 CWE