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Servers and applications

CVE-2026-79960

When a push was authenticated with a deploy key, Gitea recorded the repository owner as the pusher, so permission checks in the push hook pipeline evaluated the owner instead of the deploy key. A holder of a writable deploy key could create protected tags without being on the tag allow list and change repository visibility through push options, for example making a private repository public.…

Severity
High 7.1
Published
6 Oct 2026
Last changed
13 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-2026-79960
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79960