---
id: CVE-2026-79960
title: >-
  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
summary: >-
  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
  cre…
severity: none
cwe:
  - CWE-863
vendor: Gitea
product: gitea.dev
affected:
  - gitea.dev <= 1.27.3
published: '2026-10-06'
updated: '2026-10-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-06T20:17:33.660'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79960'
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/37306'
    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-7769-9pr9-m24h'
    label: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-06T20:16:42.495Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

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