The Gitea API endpoint `GET /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/media/{filepath}` wrote files of up to 1 KiB that are stored directly in Git, not in LFS, to the response without the content type and disposition headers Gitea uses for user content. An HTML file committed to a repository was therefore rendered by the browser on the Gitea origin. A user who can push to a repository could run JavaScript in the session of a victim who opens the media URL and act with the victim's permissions.
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Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | The Gitea API endpoint `GET /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/media/{filepath}` wrote files of up to 1 KiB that are stored directly in Git, not in LFS, to the response without the content type and disposition headers Gitea uses for user content. An HTML file committed to a repository was therefore rendered by the browser on the Gitea origin. A user who can push to a repository could run JavaScript in the session of a victim who opens the media URL and act with the victim's permissions. | |
| Title | Gitea repository media API stored XSS | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Gitea
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-06T21:36:38.491Z
Reserved: 2026-10-04T22:02:04.871Z
Link: CVE-2026-96594
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-06T22:17:07.810
Modified: 2026-10-06T22:17:07.810
Link: CVE-2026-96594
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