diff --git a/routers/api/packages/nuget/auth.go b/routers/api/packages/nuget/auth.go
index ce7df0ce0a..8248453e74 100644
--- a/routers/api/packages/nuget/auth.go
+++ b/routers/api/packages/nuget/auth.go
@@ -6,43 +6,21 @@ package nuget
 import (
 	"net/http"
 
-	auth_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/auth"
 	user_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/user"
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/timeutil"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/services/auth"
 )
 
 var _ auth.Method = &Auth{}
 
-type Auth struct{}
+type Auth struct {
+	basicAuth auth.Basic
+}
 
 func (a *Auth) Name() string {
 	return "nuget"
 }
 
-// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/api/package-publish-resource#request-parameters
 func (a *Auth) Verify(req *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter, store auth.DataStore, sess auth.SessionStore) (*user_model.User, error) {
-	token, err := auth_model.GetAccessTokenBySHA(req.Context(), req.Header.Get("X-NuGet-ApiKey"))
-	if err != nil {
-		if !(auth_model.IsErrAccessTokenNotExist(err) || auth_model.IsErrAccessTokenEmpty(err)) {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-
-	u, err := user_model.GetUserByID(req.Context(), token.UID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	token.UpdatedUnix = timeutil.TimeStampNow()
-	if err := auth_model.UpdateAccessToken(req.Context(), token); err != nil {
-		log.Error("UpdateAccessToken:  %v", err)
-	}
-
-	store.GetData()["IsApiToken"] = true
-	store.GetData()["ApiToken"] = token
-
-	return u, nil
+	// ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/api/package-publish-resource#request-parameters
+	return a.basicAuth.VerifyAuthToken(req, w, store, sess, req.Header.Get("X-NuGet-ApiKey"))
 }
diff --git a/services/auth/basic.go b/services/auth/basic.go
index 51613870c9..de5c7730cc 100644
--- a/services/auth/basic.go
+++ b/services/auth/basic.go
@@ -40,25 +40,21 @@ func (b *Basic) Name() string {
 	return BasicMethodName
 }
 
-// Verify extracts and validates Basic data (username and password/token) from the
-// "Authorization" header of the request and returns the corresponding user object for that
-// name/token on successful validation.
-// Returns nil if header is empty or validation fails.
-func (b *Basic) Verify(req *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter, store DataStore, sess SessionStore) (*user_model.User, error) {
+func (b *Basic) parseAuthBasic(req *http.Request) (ret struct{ authToken, uname, passwd string }) {
 	// Basic authentication should only fire on API, Feed, Download, Archives or on Git or LFSPaths
 	// Not all feed (rss/atom) clients feature the ability to add cookies or headers, so we need to allow basic auth for feeds
 	detector := newAuthPathDetector(req)
 	if !detector.isAPIPath() && !detector.isFeedRequest(req) && !detector.isContainerPath() && !detector.isAttachmentDownload() && !detector.isArchivePath() && !detector.isGitRawOrAttachOrLFSPath() {
-		return nil, nil
+		return ret
 	}
 
 	authHeader := req.Header.Get("Authorization")
 	if authHeader == "" {
-		return nil, nil
+		return ret
 	}
 	parsed, ok := httpauth.ParseAuthorizationHeader(authHeader)
 	if !ok || parsed.BasicAuth == nil {
-		return nil, nil
+		return ret
 	}
 	uname, passwd := parsed.BasicAuth.Username, parsed.BasicAuth.Password
 
@@ -73,7 +69,12 @@ func (b *Basic) Verify(req *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter, store DataStore
 	} else {
 		log.Trace("Basic Authorization: Attempting login with username as token")
 	}
+	ret.authToken, ret.uname, ret.passwd = authToken, uname, passwd
+	return ret
+}
 
+// VerifyAuthToken only the access token provided as parameter, used by other auth methods that want to reuse access token verification logic
+func (b *Basic) VerifyAuthToken(req *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter, store DataStore, sess SessionStore, authToken string) (*user_model.User, error) {
 	// get oauth2 token's user's ID
 	_, uid := GetOAuthAccessTokenScopeAndUserID(req.Context(), authToken)
 	if uid != 0 {
@@ -120,6 +121,23 @@ func (b *Basic) Verify(req *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter, store DataStore
 		store.GetData()["LoginMethod"] = ActionTokenMethodName
 		return user_model.NewActionsUserWithTaskID(task.ID), nil
 	}
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// Verify extracts and validates Basic data (username and password/token) from the
+// "Authorization" header of the request and returns the corresponding user object for that
+// name/token on successful validation.
+// Returns nil if header is empty or validation fails.
+func (b *Basic) Verify(req *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter, store DataStore, sess SessionStore) (*user_model.User, error) {
+	parseBasicRet := b.parseAuthBasic(req)
+	authToken, uname, passwd := parseBasicRet.authToken, parseBasicRet.uname, parseBasicRet.passwd
+	if authToken == "" && uname == "" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	u, err := b.VerifyAuthToken(req, w, store, sess, authToken)
+	if u != nil || err != nil {
+		return u, err
+	}
 
 	if !setting.Service.EnableBasicAuth {
 		return nil, nil