Gitea deploy key pushes acting as the repository owner
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2026-79960 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | Gitea |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2026-10-06 20:17:33 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-10-06 20:17:33 UTC |
| Description | 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. Pull requests created through the AGit flow with a deploy key were also attributed to the owner. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-863 | CWE-863 CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0 | 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 | github.com | |
| github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-7769-9pr9-m24h | 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 | github.com | |
| blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0 | 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 | blog.gitea.com | |
| github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/37306 | 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 | github.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
Discovery Credit
CNA: https://github.com/1K0CT (en)
CNA: https://github.com/ToastyTheBot (en)
CNA: https://github.com/silverwind (en)
CNA: https://github.com/bircni (en)
CNA: https://github.com/wxiaoguang (en)
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.