Vulnerability advisory

CVE-2026-28740

Gitea LFS object reuse bypasses Code-unit authorization

Published Jul 3, 2026Updated Oct 28, 2026OSV record ↗

Also known as GHSA-2m9v-5q2g-58vqGO-2026-6029

Severity

CVSS 3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Affected versions

Repository

Affected commits	Fixed by commit
GIT github.com/go-gitea/gitea ↗
All commits before 4aa0d704f2c7d30351016b740bfc45247fd77efa	`4aa0d704f2c7d30351016b740bfc45247fd77efa`
Also listed as affected (43) `v1.26.2` `v1.26.1` `v1.26.0` `v1.26.0-rc0` `v1.27.0-dev` `v1.26.0-dev` `v1.25.0-dev` `v1.24.0-dev` `v1.22.0-rc1` `v1.23.0-dev` `v1.22.0-rc0` `v1.21.0-rc0` `v1.22.0-dev` `v1.20.0-rc0` `v1.21.0-dev` `v1.20.0-dev` `v1.19.0-rc0` `v1.18.0-rc0` `v1.19.0-dev` `v1.18.0-dev` `v1.17.0-dev` `v1.16.0-rc1` `v1.15.0-rc1` `v1.16.0-dev` `v1.15.0-dev` `v1.14.0-dev` `v1.13.0-dev` `v1.12.0-dev` `v1.10.5` `v1.11.0-rc1` `v1.10.0-rc1` `v1.11.0-dev` `v1.9.0-rc1` `v1.10.0-dev` `v1.9.0-dev` `v1.7.0-dev` `v1.6.0-rc1` `v1.6.0-dev` `v1.5.0-rc1` `v1.5.0-dev` `v1.1.0` `v1.0.0` `v0.9.99`

Description

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.

CVE-2026-28740

Affected versions

Repository

Description

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