CVE-2026-86684 (GCVE-0-2026-86684)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-06 21:17 – Updated: 2026-10-06 21:17
VLAI
Title
Gitea push mirror local path check uses the repository owner
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Gitea Gitea Affected: 1.18.0 , ≤ 28.0.0 (semver)
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Credits
https://github.com/opensec-intelligence https://github.com/mayank-jangid-moon https://github.com/Kushalkhemka https://github.com/skigeek16 https://github.com/silverwind https://github.com/bircni
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