---
title: "CVE-2026-79960: Gitea - Broken Access Control"
description: "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."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-79960/
---

# 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

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79960)

## 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](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html)

## 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

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79960](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79960)
- [https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-7769-9pr9-m24h](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-7769-9pr9-m24h)
- [https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/](https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/)
- [https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/37306](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/37306)
- [https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0)

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