---
id: CVE-2026-103059
title: >-
  When Gitea's built-in SSH server is enabled (`START_SSH_SERVER = true`), the
  presented public key was looked up with an SQL `LIKE` comparison of its
  encoded content, which is case-insensitive on some databases, including the
  default SQLi…
summary: >-
  When Gitea's built-in SSH server is enabled (`START_SSH_SERVER = true`), the
  presented public key was looked up with an SQL `LIKE` comparison of its
  encoded content, which is case-insensitive on some databases, including the
  default SQLi…
severity: none
vendor: Gitea
product: gitea.dev
affected:
  - gitea.dev <= 1.27.3
published: '2026-10-06'
updated: '2026-10-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-06T20:17:14.377'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-103059'
references:
  - url: 'https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39423'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
  - url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-8pwg-hcgm-54cp'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-06T20:16:42.499Z'
---

## Overview

When Gitea's built-in SSH server is enabled (`START_SSH_SERVER = true`), the presented public key was looked up with an SQL `LIKE` comparison of its encoded content, which is case-insensitive on some databases, including the default SQLite. An attacker who can construct a case variant of another user's registered RSA public key for which they can derive the private key could have that key matched to the victim's account and authenticate over SSH as that user. Keys are now looked up by fingerprint.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.