Gitea 1.25.5 caches a branch-specific write-permission result across multiple refs in one pre-receive hook session, allowing a per-branch maintainer-edit grant to be reused for other refs and escalate to full repository write access.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-649p-mmhf-85c7 Gitea: Cached Per-Branch Permission Check in Pre-Receive Hook Allows Full Repository Write
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gitea
Gitea gitea Open Source Git Server
Vendors & Products Gitea
Gitea gitea Open Source Git Server

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description Gitea 1.25.5 caches a branch-specific write-permission result across multiple refs in one pre-receive hook session, allowing a per-branch maintainer-edit grant to be reused for other refs and escalate to full repository write access.
Title Gitea pre-receive hook permission cache allows full repository write access
Weaknesses CWE-863
References

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Gitea

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-06T15:25:15.796Z

Reserved: 2026-03-03T03:25:59.996Z

Link: CVE-2026-27775

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-06T15:25:05.832Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-07-03T21:16:59.157

Modified: 2026-07-06T18:17:26.860

Link: CVE-2026-27775

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-31T15:00:04Z

Weaknesses