Gitea versions up to and including 1.26.1 have insufficient permission checks for Composer package source links, which can expose private or internal package source information.
https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/critical-gitea-flaw-let-unauthenticated.html
https://www.securityweek.com/gitea-vulnerability-exposed-30000-deployments-to-attacks/
https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/gitea-vulnerability-exposes-private.html
https://github.com/gexiro-global/forgeguard
https://github.com/HORKimhab/CVE-2026-27771
https://www.noscope.com/blog/gitea-instances-exposing-private-container
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.26.2
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/37610