Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-117635 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-117635 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-117635?
- Informational severity, published 1 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Gitea before 28.3.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-117635?
- Yes: fixed in Gitea 28.3.0. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-117635 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-117635?
- Check whether you run Gitea at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- Fixed in: Gitea 28.3.0
Technical details
The `/api/v1/admin` route group failed to enforce the public-only restriction on personal access tokens, allowing an admin-scoped public-only token to bypass visibility controls. An attacker with such a token could enumerate private organizations, exfiltrate user email addresses, create organizations, obtain CI/CD runner registration tokens, and create additional site administrator accounts whose persistence survives token revocation. The vulnerability is now fixed by rejecting public-only tokens on all admin API endpoints.
Affected products
- Gitea Gitea before 28.3.0
Timeline
- 2026-11-01: disclosed
- 2026-11-01: patched