CVE-2026-89182: Gitea push-to-create bypass of FORCE_PRIVATE policy
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.19% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- No fixed version is recorded, but the references include a patch (commit or PR) link.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. See the fix and affected versions sections below.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
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.
- Published
- Oct 6, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 13, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 9th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-863
Report tools
Action score
21
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 21 / 40 · 5.4 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
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- Not in KEV: no record of exploitation in the wild
- No public exploit code on record
- No fixed version yet
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| gitea | gitea | cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- gitea gitea1.27.0 and later · before 28.1.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Gitea). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Gitea Gitea
- 1.27.0 and later · up to and including 28.0.0affected · semver
Same product
gitea: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-60004Gitea before 1.27.1 allows remote code execution via the diffpatch API through Git hook installation.KEV76This week
- CVE-2026-59774Gitea Org-mode file disclosure and code execution60This week
- CVE-2022-30781Gitea before 1.16.7 does not escape git fetch remote.60This week
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-105268Oct 6, 2026 · Gitea issue attachment API allows changing comment attachments17Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-86684Oct 6, 2026 · Gitea push mirror local path check uses the repository owner28Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-96594Oct 6, 2026 · Gitea repository media API stored XSS24Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- https://github.com/manus-pireporter
- https://github.com/silverwindremediation developer
- https://github.com/bircniremediation developer
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-711848 days apartGitea fork workflow approval bypass through review events35Monitor
- CVE-2026-799600 days apartGitea deploy key pushes acting as the repository owner28Monitor
- CVE-2026-866840 days apartGitea push mirror local path check uses the repository owner28Monitor
- CVE-2026-704068 days apartGitea private comparison disclosure with public-only tokens26Monitor
- CVE-2026-703968 days apartGitea organization repository creation token scope bypass21Monitor
- CVE-2026-704008 days apartGitea private migration creation with public-only tokens21Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-26-1261 · Oct 7, 2026(Gitea Güvenlik Zafiyeti)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-863 · Incorrect AuthorizationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- CVSS— → 5.4
- Severity— → medium
- SSVC exploitation— → poc
- Exploit maturity— → none
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.