{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "1.27.3"
              }
            ],
            "source": [
              "AFFECTED_FIELD",
              "REFERENCES"
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "15b8a5805adf57c5189602008d38cccfd3c795e0"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-7769-9pr9-m24h"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Gitea",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-863"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/79xxx/CVE-2026-79960.json"
  },
  "details": "When a push was authenticated with a deploy key, Gitea recorded the repository owner as the pusher, so permission checks in the push hook pipeline evaluated the owner instead of the deploy key. A holder of a writable deploy key could create protected tags without being on the tag allow list and change repository visibility through push options, for example making a private repository public. Pull requests created through the AGit flow with a deploy key were also attributed to the owner.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-79960",
  "modified": "2026-10-09T02:30:25.134571558Z",
  "published": "2026-10-06T19:24:55.742Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/79xxx/CVE-2026-79960.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-7769-9pr9-m24h"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79960"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/37306"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Gitea deploy key pushes acting as the repository owner"
}