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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gitea | Gitea | ≤ 1.27.3 | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-3792 Gitea: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Oct 6, 2026
References
- GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-7769-9pr9-m24h vendor-advisory
- Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #37306 patch
- Gitea 28.0.0 release announcement release-notes
- go-gitea/gitea v28.0.0 release release-notes