# CVE-2026-96400: Gitea migration SSRF to reserved addresses through ALLOWED\_DOMAINS

- Also known as: BIT-GITEA-2026-96400, GHSA-54W9-6CC5-9WJ9
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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

With `[migrations] ALLOWED_DOMAINS` set to a matching entry such as `*` or a hostname wildcard, Gitea's migration URL validation could permit reserved and link-local addresses, such as `169.254.169.254`, even when `ALLOW_LOCALNETWORKS = false`. The local-network block list did not cover these ranges, and a hostname matching the allow list was accepted regardless of its resolved address. A user who can start migrations on such an instance could reach these addresses from the Gitea server; the default empty `ALLOWED_DOMAINS` configuration is not affected.

## 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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## References

- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-54w9-6cc5-9wj9
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39426
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0

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