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      "affected": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "packageName": "gitea.dev",
          "product": "Gitea",
          "vendor": "Gitea",
          "versions": [
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              "lessThan": "28.3.0",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "credits": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "type": "reporter",
          "value": "Yusufbek Anvarov (https://github.com/Yusufbek10)"
        },
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "type": "reporter",
          "value": "https://github.com/thalewalan"
        },
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "type": "remediation developer",
          "value": "https://github.com/bircni"
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "The API routes for releases, release assets, milestones and repository labels did not reject changes to archived repositories. A user with write access to an archived repository, or a holder of such a user\u0027s write-scoped token, could replace or delete release assets while keeping their download URLs, delete releases and tags, and create, edit or delete milestones and labels of a repository that is meant to be read-only. Changing requests on these routes now return 423 Locked for archived repositories."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "cweId": "CWE-862",
              "description": "CWE-862: Missing Authorization",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "CWE"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2026-11-01T12:35:34.671Z",
        "orgId": "88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2",
        "shortName": "Gitea"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "name": "GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-6h2f-c8jm-84hc",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-6h2f-c8jm-84hc"
        },
        {
          "name": "Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39942",
          "tags": [
            "patch"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39942"
        },
        {
          "name": "Fix backport to release/v28: go-gitea/gitea pull request #40085",
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        },
        {
          "name": "go-gitea/gitea v28.3.0 release",
          "tags": [
            "release-notes"
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          "url": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.3.0"
        }
      ],
      "title": "Gitea archived repository release, milestone and label modification"
    }
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    "assignerShortName": "Gitea",
    "cveId": "CVE-2026-116296",
    "datePublished": "2026-11-01T09:48:37.020Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-11-01T08:48:41.160Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-11-01T12:35:34.671Z",
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