# CVE-2026-86684: Gitea push mirror local path check uses the repository owner

- Also known as: BIT-GITEA-2026-86684, GHSA-7V5J-MPH8-9W6G
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 28.1.0
- Published: 2026-10-06 · Updated: 2026-10-07

## Affected

- gitea.dev: from 1.18.0, through 28.0.0
- gitea (Bitnami): from 1.18.0, fixed in 28.1.0

## Description

The Gitea push mirror API checked whether the repository owner, instead of the requesting user, may use local file system paths. On instances with `[security] IMPORT_LOCAL_PATHS = true`, a repository administrator who is not allowed to import local paths could add a push mirror to a local path on the server when the repository owner has that permission. Gitea then pushed the repository's refs into an existing Git repository at that path with the permissions of the Gitea process.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gitea.dev, gitea, upgrade to a fixed version (28.1.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-7v5j-mph8-9w6g
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39501
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39507
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.1.0/
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.1.0

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