Medium 5.4Published Oct 6, 2026

CVE-2026-89182Gitea push-to-create bypass of FORCE_PRIVATE policy

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 05:50 UTC)

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With `[repository] FORCE_PRIVATE = true`, Gitea creates new repositories as private, but the post-receive hook still applied the `repo.private=false` push option to an empty repository created by push. Any user who can create repositories could make their new repository public in violation of the instance policy. The default configuration is not affected.

CVSS: 5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-863
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
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)	from 1.27.0 through 28.0.0	CNA record
gitea gitea gitea:gitea	from 1.27.0 before 28.1.0	NVD

References

https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-fx95-gwfc-grgcvendor-advisory, 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

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