CVE-2026-86684Gitea push mirror local path check uses the repository owner
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.11%, higher than 1% of scored CVEs.
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The Gitea push mirror API checked whether the repository owner, instead of the requesting user, may use local file system paths. On instances with `[security] IMPORT_LOCAL_PATHS = true`, a repository administrator who is not allowed to import local paths could add a push mirror to a local path on the server when the repository owner has that permission. Gitea then pushed the repository's refs into an existing Git repository at that path with the permissions of the Gitea process.
- CVSS
- 7.1 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-863
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.11% (percentile 1)
- Assigned by
- Gitea
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 7, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Gitea Gitea gitea:gitea (from the name) | from 1.18.0 through 28.0.0 | CNA record |
gitea gitea gitea:gitea | from 1.18.0 before 28.1.0 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-7v5j-mph8-9w6gvendor-advisory, exploit, mitigation
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39501patch, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39507patch, issue-tracking
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.1.0/release-notes
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.1.0release-notes
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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