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Gitea push-to-create bypass of FORCE_PRIVATE policy

Type: advisorySources: OSV

With `[repository] FORCE_PRIVATE = true`, Gitea creates new repositories as private, but the post-receive hook still applied the `repo.private=false` push option to an empty repository created by push. Any user who can create repositories could make their new repository public in violation of the instance policy. The default configuration is not affected.

Products
gitea
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
28.1.0
CVEs
CVE-2026-89182
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 12:05 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Gitea push-to-create bypass of FORCE_PRIVATE policy

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Oct 2026, 08:43 UTC

With `[repository] FORCE_PRIVATE = true`, Gitea creates new repositories as private, but the post-receive hook still applied the `repo.private=false` push option to an empty repository created by push. Any user who can create repositories could make their new repository public in violation of the instance policy. The default configuration is not affected.

osv:BIT-gitea-2026-89182

gitea

Fixed versions: 28.1.0

Complete source record
{
  "id": "d879cd61fae7360b0793f473ceb351321d66deb767859cca2cd790d60aef44d5",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitea-2026-89182",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Gitea push-to-create bypass of FORCE_PRIVATE policy",
    "summary": "With `[repository] FORCE_PRIVATE = true`, Gitea creates new repositories as private, but the post-receive hook still applied the `repo.private=false` push option to an empty repository created by push. Any user who can create repositories could make their new repository public in violation of the instance policy. The default configuration is not affected.",
    "evidence": "osv:BIT-gitea-2026-89182",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "gitea",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "28.1.0",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "BIT-gitea-2026-89182",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitea-2026-89182",
        "CVE-2026-89182",
        "GHSA-fx95-gwfc-grgc"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "SEMVER",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "1.27.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "28.1.0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "gitea",
            "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:L/A:N"
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/gitea/BIT-gitea-2026-89182.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-14T11:10:41.748407751Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.1.0/",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39501",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39507",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.1.0",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-fx95-gwfc-grgc",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89182"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cpes": [
          "cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        ],
        "severity": "Medium"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-89182",
        "evidence": "/aliases"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 316231,
  "published_at": "2026-10-14T08:43:04.863+00:00"
}