CVE-2026-79960 Gitea - Broken Access Control

Gitea contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by incorrect attribution of repository owner when using deploy keys, letting attackers with writable deploy keys create protected tags and change repository visibility, exploit requires writable deploy key.

CVSS base score 7.1 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
EPSS
0.21% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Broken Access Control
Impact
Broken Access Control
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Published
6 October 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-863

Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of Gitea.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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