---
id: CVE-2026-79960
title: >-
  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
summary: >-
  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
  cre…
severity: high
cvss: 7.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-863
vendor: gitea
product: gitea
affected:
  - gitea < 28.0.0
patched:
  - gitea 28.0.0
published: '2026-10-06'
updated: '2026-10-13'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-13T16:51:21.447'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79960'
references:
  - url: 'https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/37306'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-7769-9pr9-m24h'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00212
epssPercentile: 0.11524
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-07T14:20:37.099663Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-10-06T20:16:42.495Z'
---

## Overview

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

- `gitea < 28.0.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `gitea 28.0.0`