CVE-2026-89182 (GCVE-0-2026-89182)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-06 21:36 – Updated: 2026-10-07 11:34
VLAI
Title
Gitea push-to-create bypass of FORCE_PRIVATE policy
Summary
With `[repository] FORCE_PRIVATE = true`, Gitea creates new repositories as private, but the post-receive hook still applied the `repo.private=false` push option to an empty repository created by push. Any user who can create repositories could make their new repository public in violation of the instance policy. The default configuration is not affected.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-07 11:33 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Gitea Gitea Affected: 1.27.0 , ≤ 28.0.0 (semver)
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Credits
https://github.com/manus-pi https://github.com/silverwind https://github.com/bircni
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