Gitea up to 1.27.3 Push Hook Pipeline permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Gitea up to 1.27.3. This affects an unknown function of the component Push Hook Pipeline. The manipulation results in permission. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-79960. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Gitea up to 1.27.3. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Push Hook Pipeline. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-275. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-79960 since 10/04/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/06/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/04/2026 CVE reserved
10/06/2026 +2 days Advisory disclosed
10/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-79960 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-79960
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-414576

Entryinfo

Created: 10/06/2026 22:31
Changes: 10/06/2026 22:31 (52)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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