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.
Published: 2026-10-06
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 07 Oct 2026 01:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gitea
Gitea gitea
Vendors & Products Gitea
Gitea gitea

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title Gitea deploy key pushes acting as the repository owner
Weaknesses CWE-863
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Gitea

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-07T14:21:39.950Z

Reserved: 2026-10-04T21:59:53.563Z

Link: CVE-2026-79960

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T14:20:18.700Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-06T20:17:33.660

Modified: 2026-10-07T15:17:54.240

Link: CVE-2026-79960

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T00:45:08Z

Weaknesses