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.
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Gitea deploy key pushes acting as the repository owner | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-863 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Gitea
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Updated: 2026-10-06T19:24:55.742Z
Reserved: 2026-10-04T21:59:53.563Z
Link: CVE-2026-79960
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