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CVE-2026-103059

When Gitea's built-in SSH server is enabled (`START_SSH_SERVER = true`), the presented public key was looked up with an SQL `LIKE` comparison of its encoded content, which is case-insensitive on some databases, including the default SQLite. An attacker who can construct a case variant of another user's registered RSA public key for which they can derive the private key could have that key…

Severity
Critical 9.1
Published
6 Oct 2026
Last changed
15 Oct 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
28.0.0
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
GiteaServers and applications · cpe:a:gitea:gitea
  • Every version before 28.0.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-103059
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-103059