CVE-2026-116289
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Summary: Gitea public-only token bypass through Actions runner registration
Details: Gitea did not reject personal access tokens restricted to public resources (`public-only`) on the organization Actions runner registration-token endpoint, and the runner registered with the resulting token was not limited to public repositories. Holding only such a token with `write:organization` that belongs to an owner of a public organization, an attacker could register an organization-level runner and receive jobs of the organization's private repositories that have Actions enabled, including the workflow content, Actions secrets and variables, and a task token with access to the private repository. The issue widens what the restricted token can reach; it gives nothing beyond what the owner's full account can already do.
References: https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.3.0/, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/116xxx/CVE-2026-116289.json, https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.3.0, https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-qcgm-ggp8-22qc, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116289, https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39690, https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39853
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