# CVE-2026-79960: Gitea deploy key pushes acting as the repository owner

- Also known as: BIT-GITEA-2026-79960, GHSA-7769-9PR9-M24H
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 28.0.0
- Published: 2026-10-06 · Updated: 2026-10-07

## Affected

- gitea.dev: through 1.27.3
- gitea (Bitnami): fixed in 28.0.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gitea.dev, gitea, upgrade to a fixed version (28.0.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-7769-9pr9-m24h
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/37306
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0

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