Description
For pull request events, Gitea reads workflow definitions from the pull request head and posts a synthetic skipped status when workflow branch or path filters exclude execution. A fork pull request author can supply a workflow matching a required status context but deliberately prevent it from running. Because skipped statuses count as success, branch protection or organization-required workflow checks can appear satisfied without the mandated workflow executing; no runner or maintainer approval is required for this path.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gitea | Gitea | ≤ 1.27.2 | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-3079 Gitea: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Ausführen von beliebigem Programmcode BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Oct 14, 2026
References
- GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-5xp7-r6cr-39ff vendor-advisory
- Gitea 1.27.3 release announcement release-notes
- Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39005 patch
- Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39018 patch
- go-gitea/gitea v1.27.3 release release-notes