---
id: "CVE-2026-119627"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-119627"]
title: "Gitea-style forge: public-only tokens read hidden users' profiles and feeds"
severity: "unknown"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "personal-access-tokens", "self-hosted"]
not_affected_if: ["no-limited-visibility-accounts"]
published_at: "2026-11-01T10:18:37+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-01T10:49:34+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-01T10:51:19+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119627", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-01T10:49:34+00:00"}]
---

# Gitea-style forge: public-only tokens read hidden users' profiles and feeds

Web profile and RSS/Atom feed routes check only whether a viewer can see a limited-visibility user or organization, ignoring the public-only scope of the access token used. A holder of a public-only token can read the profile and public activity of users and organizations that are otherwise hidden from anonymous visitors.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Timeline

- 2026-11-01T10:49:34+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119627

## From the sources

The web profile and RSS/Atom feed routes of users and organizations checked only whether a signed-in viewer could see a limited-visibility owner, without considering the `public-only` restriction of the personal access token used to authenticate. Any user holding a public-only token could send it over HTTP Basic authentication to read the profile and activity feed of limited-visibility users and organizations, which are hidden from anonymous visitors and refused on the equivalent API routes. The disclosure covers existence, profile metadata and public activity; it does not grant write access.

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