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GHSA-66m4-5jjr-2rg5: Gitea: Webhooks created by a collaborator keep firing after their repo access is revoked → ongoing real-time exfiltration of private repo content

mediumCVSS 6.8CVE-2026-58440
Affected product Gitea — services/repository/collaboration.go (DeleteCollaboration) + webhook delivery Summary When a collaborator with admin permission on a private repo creates a webhook, that webhook keeps firing after the collaborator's access is revoked. Gitea's revocation cleanup DeleteCollaboration removes the collaboration record, recalculates accesses, drops watches, and unassigns issues — but it does not remove or disable webhooks the user created, and webhook delivery never re-checks whether the creator still has repo access. The former collaborator therefore receives the full payload (issue/comment bodies, commit data) of all future repository events at their controlled endpoint, indefinitely and invisibly. Affected code - services/repository/collaboration.go → DeleteCollaboration() — cleans watches/assignees only; no webhook cleanup. - Webhook delivery path — fires on repo events without re-validating the creator's current access. Steps to reproduce Using the provided reproduction materials: 1. Attacker (admin collaborator) creates a webhook → revoke access. 2. Control: GET /api/v1/repos/admin/wh-repo (attacker) → 404. 3. GET .../hooks → webhook still active=true. 4. Admin creates a new issue after revocation → the catcher receives action:"opened", issue.title:"CRITICAL SECRET: …", issue.body (sentinel private key), repository.private:true. (Runtime-confirmed on gitea/gitea:1.25.4. Catcher is an internal sentinel listener; the payload is a planted sentinel, not real data; nothing is sent to any external/metadata endpoint.) Impact Authenticated former admin-collaborator → ongoing real-time exfiltration of private content created after revocation; invisible to the owner; scope crosses from the application boundary to data the user should no longer access. Suggested remediation 1. On revocation, delete/disable webhooks created by the removed collaborator (or hand them to the owner). 2. Re-validate the creator's current repo access before each webhook

Details

Source
GitHub Security Advisories (INTL · database · site)
Severity
medium — CVSS 6.8
Published
2026-07-21
Last updated
2026-07-21
Exploitation
Not in CISA KEV at last sync

Original advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-66m4-5jjr-2rg5

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CVE-2026-58440coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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