Gitea up to 28.0.0 Push Mirror push_mirrors privileges management

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Gitea up to 28.0.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/push_mirrors of the component Push Mirror. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-97208. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Gitea up to 28.0.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown functionality of the file /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/push_mirrors of the component Push Mirror. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Gitea API endpoint for creating push mirrors (`POST /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/push_mirrors`) checked only whether mirroring was enabled and not the `[mirror] DISABLE_NEW_PUSH` setting that the web interface enforces. A repository administrator could therefore create new push mirrors on instances where the site administrator had disabled them. A push mirror pushes all refs of the repository to a remote chosen by the caller, on each commit or on a schedule.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-97208 since 10/04/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is 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 T1068.

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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• Gitea

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• 28.0

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• open-source

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