CVE-2026-79960 Affecting gitea-fips-compat package, versions <28.0.0-r0
Threat Intelligence
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- published15 Oct 2026
- disclosed6 Oct 2026
Introduced: 6 Oct 2026
NewCVE-2026-79960 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Minimos:latest gitea-fips-compat to version 28.0.0-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gitea-fips-compat package and not the gitea-fips-compat package as distributed by Minimos.
See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79960
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MINI-6vrp-8c3h-g2cr
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-79960
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/37306
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-7769-9pr9-m24h