High 7.1Published Oct 6, 2026

CVE-2026-79960Gitea deploy key pushes acting as the repository owner

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:30 UTC)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.21%, higher than 11% of scored CVEs.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 7.1 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-863
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.21% (percentile 11)
Assigned by: Gitea
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 7, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Gitea Gitea gitea:gitea (from the name)	through 1.27.3	CNA record
gitea gitea gitea:gitea	before 28.0.0	NVD

References

https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-7769-9pr9-m24hvendor-advisory
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/37306patch
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/release-notes
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0release-notes

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