Gitea migration SSRF to reserved addresses through ALLOWED_DOMAINS
With `[migrations] ALLOWED_DOMAINS` set to a matching entry such as `*` or a hostname wildcard, Gitea's migration URL validation could permit reserved and link-local addresses, such as `169.254.169.254`, even when `ALLOW_LOCALNETWORKS = false`. The local-network block list did not cover these ranges, and a hostname matching the allow list was accepted regardless of its resolved address. A user who can start migrations on such an instance could reach these addresses from the Gitea server; the default empty `ALLOWED_DOMAINS` configuration is not affected.
- Products
- gitea
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 28.0.0
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-96400
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 12:12 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Gitea migration SSRF to reserved addresses through ALLOWED_DOMAINS
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 14 Oct 2026, 08:43 UTC
With `[migrations] ALLOWED_DOMAINS` set to a matching entry such as `*` or a hostname wildcard, Gitea's migration URL validation could permit reserved and link-local addresses, such as `169.254.169.254`, even when `ALLOW_LOCALNETWORKS = false`. The local-network block list did not cover these ranges, and a hostname matching the allow list was accepted regardless of its resolved address. A user who can start migrations on such an instance could reach these addresses from the Gitea server; the default empty `ALLOWED_DOMAINS` configuration is not affected.
osv:BIT-gitea-2026-96400
gitea
Fixed versions: 28.0.0
Complete source record
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"id": "94ce58bf37af2162c9c20a77185c7ce741aaa03d2be979498b54f95305e458a7",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitea-2026-96400",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "Gitea migration SSRF to reserved addresses through ALLOWED_DOMAINS",
"summary": "With `[migrations] ALLOWED_DOMAINS` set to a matching entry such as `*` or a hostname wildcard, Gitea's migration URL validation could permit reserved and link-local addresses, such as `169.254.169.254`, even when `ALLOW_LOCALNETWORKS = false`. The local-network block list did not cover these ranges, and a hostname matching the allow list was accepted regardless of its resolved address. A user who can start migrations on such an instance could reach these addresses from the Gitea server; the default empty `ALLOWED_DOMAINS` configuration is not affected.",
"evidence": "osv:BIT-gitea-2026-96400",
"products": [
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"name": {
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"evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
},
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"fixed_versions": [
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}
],
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}
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"severity": "medium",
"structured": {
"id": "BIT-gitea-2026-96400",
"aliases": [
"BIT-gitea-2026-96400",
"CVE-2026-96400",
"GHSA-54w9-6cc5-9wj9"
],
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{
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"type": "SEMVER",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
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"package": {
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"purl": "pkg:bitnami/gitea",
"ecosystem": "Bitnami"
},
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/gitea/BIT-gitea-2026-96400.json"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-14T11:11:15.033057332Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/",
"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39426",
"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0",
"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-54w9-6cc5-9wj9",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96400"
],
"provider_metadata": {
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
"severity": "Medium"
}
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2026-96400",
"evidence": "/aliases"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 316261,
"published_at": "2026-10-14T08:43:12.361+00:00"
}