CVE-2026-50105 (GCVE-0-2026-50105)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-13 16:44 – Updated: 2026-08-14 20:08

Title

RSS/Atom feed handlers bypass API-token scope & public-only confinement (incomplete fix of #37698)

Summary

RSS/Atom feed handlers bypass API-token scope & public-only confinement (incomplete fix of #37698)

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-14 20:07 UTC

CWE

Assigner

Gitea mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/adviso…	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.0	release-notes
https://blog.gitea.com/gitea-1.27.0-is-released/	release-notes

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Gitea	Gitea Open Source Git Server	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.26.4 (semver)	guessed

Credits

CassianStarck

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FKIE_CVE-2026-50105

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-13 17:17 - Updated: 2026-08-26 16:53

Severity

4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Summary

RSS/Atom feed handlers bypass API-token scope & public-only confinement (incomplete fix of #37698)

References

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	88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2	https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.0
	88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2	https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-6cqf-375w-639g
	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-6cqf-375w-639g

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-6CQF-375W-639G

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-21 20:40 – Updated: 2026-07-21 20:40

Summary

Gitea: RSS/Atom feed handlers bypass API-token scope & public-only confinement (incomplete fix of #37698)

Details

Summary

Gitea's RSS/Atom feed handlers accept API-token Basic auth but perform no token-scope or public-only enforcement. A personal access token that is correctly blocked (HTTP 403) from a private repository on /raw, /media, /archive, and /releases/download/... — because it is marked public-only or lacks the repository scope category — still returns that repository's private content through the feed routes. This is a token-confinement bypass and appears to be an incomplete fix of #37698, which added that scope enforcement to the download handlers but not to the sibling feed handlers.

This is not a cross-user access bug: the requesting account must still legitimately have repo read access (RepoAssignment + reqUnitCodeReader are enforced). What is bypassed is the guarantee that a confined token cannot reach private content — which is exactly the property #37698 was shipped to provide for downloads, and which matters when such a token is handed to a third-party service/CI, leaked, or used in a lower-trust integration.

Details

37698 added `context.CheckTokenScopes` / `CheckRepoScopedToken`

(services/context/permission.go) to the raw / media / archive / attachment download handlers, so a public-only or wrong-scope-category token cannot read private-repo content even when the owning user otherwise has access.

The feed handlers are registered with webAuth.AllowBasic (so they accept token Basic auth) but call no scope / public-only check. A grep for CheckTokenScopes / CheckRepoScopedToken / IsApiToken across routers/web/feed/ and the release feed handlers returns nothing.

Affected routes (all token-reachable via webAuth.AllowBasic, none call the scope check):

Route	Handler	Private data exposed
`GET /{owner}/{repo}.rss` / `.atom`	`repo.Home` → `handleRepoHomeFeed` (`view_home.go`)	last-10 commits: SHA, full message, author name + email
`GET /{owner}/{repo}/rss/branch/`, `/atom/branch/`	`feed.RenderBranchFeed*` → `ShowBranchFeed` (`routers/web/feed/branch.go`)	same commit data, any branch
`GET /{owner}/{repo}/releases.rss` / `.atom`	`ReleasesFeedRSS/Atom` (`routers/web/repo/release.go`) → `ShowReleaseFeed`	private release names, notes, descriptions
`GET /{owner}/{repo}/tags.rss` / `.atom`	`TagsListFeedRSS/Atom` → `ShowReleaseFeed`	private tag names + messages
`GET /{user}.rss` / `.atom`	`showUserFeed` (`routers/web/feed/profile.go`), `includePrivate = self \\|\\| admin`	the token owner's private cross-repo activity stream

Inconsistency that pins this down: the branch-feed routes sit in the same route group as /raw, /media, /archive (all of which call checkDownloadTokenScope), and releases.rss sits next to /releases/attachments/{uuid} and /releases/download/... (both go through ServeAttachment → scope check). Only the feeds were missed. The API equivalents (ListReleases / ListTags) are scope-gated via tokenRequiresScopes.

Two distinct confinement bypasses:

Public-only bypass. A token created with the public-only option is blocked (403) from a private repo on /raw, /archive, /releases/download/..., but returns private commit / release data via .../releases.rss, .../rss/branch/*, /{owner}/{repo}.rss, and the owner's private activity via /{user}.rss.
Scope-category bypass. A token scoped to only e.g. read:issue (no read:repository) is rejected by the download handlers but reads repository commit/release content via the feeds.

PoC

Verified live against the official gitea/gitea:1.26.2 Docker image (sqlite, feeds enabled).

Setup: non-admin user alice; private repo alice/secret with a commit "SECRET-COMMIT-MARKER ..." (file secret.txt) and a release "Private Release" / body "SECRET-RELEASE-MARKER ...". Two confined personal access tokens, both sent via HTTP Basic so the auth method is identical across download and feed — only the route differs: - Token A: scopes ["public-only", "read:repository"] - Token B: scopes ["read:issue"]

# Token A — download is correctly blocked, feeds leak private content:
curl -u alice:$TOKEN_A https://<host>/alice/secret/raw/branch/main/secret.txt   # => 403  (fix works)
curl -u alice:$TOKEN_A https://<host>/alice/secret/rss/branch/main             # => 200, <title>SECRET-COMMIT-MARKER ...</title>
curl -u alice:$TOKEN_A https://<host>/alice/secret/releases.rss               # => 200, SECRET-RELEASE-MARKER ...
curl -u alice:$TOKEN_A "https://<host>/alice.rss"                             # => 200, private activity

# Token B — wrong scope category, same split:
curl -u alice:$TOKEN_B https://<host>/alice/secret/raw/branch/main/secret.txt   # => 403
curl -u alice:$TOKEN_B https://<host>/alice/secret/rss/branch/main             # => 200, private commit leaked

Anonymous baseline returns 404 on the repo feeds (data is genuinely private) and a marker-free 200 on /alice.rss (public activity only) — confirming the leak is gated only by the missing token check.

Impact

Information disclosure of private commit metadata (SHA, message, author name+email), release/tag notes, and the owner's private activity stream, to the holder of a confined token that was specifically configured not to reach private content. Not raw file blobs (feeds don't serve file contents). Requires a token belonging to an account that already has repo read access, so the realistic threat is a leaked / shared / lower-trust token rather than an anonymous attacker — which is precisely the threat model #37698 addressed for downloads.

Suggested remediation

Add a token-scope check at the top of each feed handler, mirroring checkDownloadTokenScope:

if context.CheckRepoScopedToken(ctx, ctx.Repo.Repository, auth_model.Read); ctx.Written() {
    return
}

for ShowBranchFeed, ShowRepoFeed, ShowFileFeed, ShowReleaseFeed (repo feeds). For the user feed, gate includePrivate behind a non-public-only token (or require the user / repository scope) so a confined token can't pull private activity.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "code.gitea.io/gitea"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.27.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-50105"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-200",
      "CWE-862"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-07-21T20:40:24Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Summary\n\nGitea\u0027s RSS/Atom feed handlers accept API-token Basic auth but perform **no token-scope or\npublic-only enforcement**. A personal access token that is correctly blocked (HTTP 403) from a\nprivate repository on `/raw`, `/media`, `/archive`, and `/releases/download/...` \u2014 because it is\nmarked *public-only* or lacks the `repository` scope category \u2014 still returns that repository\u0027s\nprivate content through the feed routes. This is a token-confinement bypass and appears to be an\nincomplete fix of #37698, which added that scope enforcement to the download handlers but not to the\nsibling feed handlers.\n\nThis is **not** a cross-user access bug: the requesting account must still legitimately have repo\nread access (`RepoAssignment` + `reqUnitCodeReader` are enforced). What is bypassed is the guarantee\nthat a *confined* token cannot reach private content \u2014 which is exactly the property #37698 was\nshipped to provide for downloads, and which matters when such a token is handed to a third-party\nservice/CI, leaked, or used in a lower-trust integration.\n\n### Details\n\n#37698 added `context.CheckTokenScopes` / `CheckRepoScopedToken`\n(`services/context/permission.go`) to the raw / media / archive / attachment download handlers, so a\npublic-only or wrong-scope-category token cannot read private-repo content even when the owning user\notherwise has access.\n\nThe feed handlers are registered with `webAuth.AllowBasic` (so they accept token Basic auth) but call\nno scope / public-only check. A grep for `CheckTokenScopes` / `CheckRepoScopedToken` / `IsApiToken`\nacross `routers/web/feed/` and the release feed handlers returns nothing.\n\nAffected routes (all token-reachable via `webAuth.AllowBasic`, none call the scope check):\n\n| Route | Handler | Private data exposed |\n|---|---|---|\n| `GET /{owner}/{repo}.rss` / `.atom` | `repo.Home` \u2192 `handleRepoHomeFeed` (`view_home.go`) | last-10 commits: SHA, full message, author name + email |\n| `GET /{owner}/{repo}/rss/branch/*`, `/atom/branch/*` | `feed.RenderBranchFeed*` \u2192 `ShowBranchFeed` (`routers/web/feed/branch.go`) | same commit data, any branch |\n| `GET /{owner}/{repo}/releases.rss` / `.atom` | `ReleasesFeedRSS/Atom` (`routers/web/repo/release.go`) \u2192 `ShowReleaseFeed` | private release names, notes, descriptions |\n| `GET /{owner}/{repo}/tags.rss` / `.atom` | `TagsListFeedRSS/Atom` \u2192 `ShowReleaseFeed` | private tag names + messages |\n| `GET /{user}.rss` / `.atom` | `showUserFeed` (`routers/web/feed/profile.go`), `includePrivate = self \\|\\| admin` | the token owner\u0027s private cross-repo activity stream |\n\nInconsistency that pins this down: the branch-feed routes sit in the **same route group** as `/raw`,\n`/media`, `/archive` (all of which call `checkDownloadTokenScope`), and `releases.rss` sits next to\n`/releases/attachments/{uuid}` and `/releases/download/...` (both go through `ServeAttachment` \u2192 scope\ncheck). Only the feeds were missed. The API equivalents (`ListReleases` / `ListTags`) are scope-gated\nvia `tokenRequiresScopes`.\n\nTwo distinct confinement bypasses:\n\n1. **Public-only bypass.** A token created with the *public-only* option is blocked (403) from a\n   private repo on `/raw`, `/archive`, `/releases/download/...`, but returns private commit / release\n   data via `.../releases.rss`, `.../rss/branch/*`, `/{owner}/{repo}.rss`, and the owner\u0027s private\n   activity via `/{user}.rss`.\n2. **Scope-category bypass.** A token scoped to only e.g. `read:issue` (no `read:repository`) is\n   rejected by the download handlers but reads repository commit/release content via the feeds.\n\n### PoC\n\nVerified live against the official `gitea/gitea:1.26.2` Docker image (sqlite, feeds enabled).\n\nSetup: non-admin user `alice`; private repo `alice/secret` with a commit\n`\"SECRET-COMMIT-MARKER ...\"` (file `secret.txt`) and a release `\"Private Release\"` / body\n`\"SECRET-RELEASE-MARKER ...\"`. Two confined personal access tokens, both sent via HTTP Basic so the\nauth method is identical across download and feed \u2014 only the route differs:\n- Token A: scopes `[\"public-only\", \"read:repository\"]`\n- Token B: scopes `[\"read:issue\"]`\n\n```bash\n# Token A \u2014 download is correctly blocked, feeds leak private content:\ncurl -u alice:$TOKEN_A https://\u003chost\u003e/alice/secret/raw/branch/main/secret.txt   # =\u003e 403  (fix works)\ncurl -u alice:$TOKEN_A https://\u003chost\u003e/alice/secret/rss/branch/main             # =\u003e 200, \u003ctitle\u003eSECRET-COMMIT-MARKER ...\u003c/title\u003e\ncurl -u alice:$TOKEN_A https://\u003chost\u003e/alice/secret/releases.rss               # =\u003e 200, SECRET-RELEASE-MARKER ...\ncurl -u alice:$TOKEN_A \"https://\u003chost\u003e/alice.rss\"                             # =\u003e 200, private activity\n\n# Token B \u2014 wrong scope category, same split:\ncurl -u alice:$TOKEN_B https://\u003chost\u003e/alice/secret/raw/branch/main/secret.txt   # =\u003e 403\ncurl -u alice:$TOKEN_B https://\u003chost\u003e/alice/secret/rss/branch/main             # =\u003e 200, private commit leaked\n```\n\nAnonymous baseline returns 404 on the repo feeds (data is genuinely private) and a marker-free 200 on\n`/alice.rss` (public activity only) \u2014 confirming the leak is gated only by the missing token check.\n\n### Impact\n\nInformation disclosure of private **commit metadata** (SHA, message, author name+email),\n**release/tag notes**, and the owner\u0027s **private activity stream**, to the holder of a confined token\nthat was specifically configured *not* to reach private content. Not raw file blobs (feeds don\u0027t\nserve file contents). Requires a token belonging to an account that already has repo read access, so\nthe realistic threat is a leaked / shared / lower-trust token rather than an anonymous attacker \u2014\nwhich is precisely the threat model #37698 addressed for downloads.\n\n### Suggested remediation\n\nAdd a token-scope check at the top of each feed handler, mirroring `checkDownloadTokenScope`:\n\n```go\nif context.CheckRepoScopedToken(ctx, ctx.Repo.Repository, auth_model.Read); ctx.Written() {\n    return\n}\n```\n\nfor `ShowBranchFeed`, `ShowRepoFeed`, `ShowFileFeed`, `ShowReleaseFeed` (repo feeds). For the user\nfeed, gate `includePrivate` behind a non-public-only token (or require the `user` / `repository`\nscope) so a confined token can\u0027t pull private activity.",
  "id": "GHSA-6cqf-375w-639g",
  "modified": "2026-07-21T20:40:24Z",
  "published": "2026-07-21T20:40:24Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-6cqf-375w-639g"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.0"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Gitea: RSS/Atom feed handlers bypass API-token scope \u0026 public-only confinement (incomplete fix of #37698)"
}

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CVE-2026-50105 (GCVE-0-2026-50105)

FKIE_CVE-2026-50105

GHSA-6CQF-375W-639G

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37698 added context.CheckTokenScopes / CheckRepoScopedToken

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37698 added `context.CheckTokenScopes` / `CheckRepoScopedToken`