CVE-2026-86684 Gitea push mirror local path check uses the repository owner

What is CVE-2026-86684?

CVE-2026-86684 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Gitea Gitea, published on 6 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Gitea push mirror API checked whether the repository owner, instead of the requesting user, may use local file system paths. On instances with `[security] IMPORT_LOCAL_PATHS = true`, a repository administrator who is not allowed to import local paths could add a push mirror to a local path on the server when the repository owner has that permission. Gitea then pushed the repository's refs into an existing Git repository at that path with the permissions of the Gitea process.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-86684?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitea. It affects 1 product.

Products include Gitea Gitea.

How do I fix CVE-2026-86684?

Upgrade gitea to 28.1.0 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2026-86684 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-86684 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Gitea Gitea

• CVE-2026-60004 Gitea Code Injection Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-73278 Gitea WebAuthn bypass during OAuth and OIDC sign-in Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-94205 Gitea fork workflow approval bypass through maintainer-triggered events Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-42968 Gitea vulnerable to Argument Injection Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-45330 Improper Privilege Management in Gitea Critical 9.8

All Gitea Gitea vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-gitea-2026-86684, GHSA-7v5j-mph8-9w6g, MINI-fprp-48cr-p3jm, MINI-p8q2-2ghx-xj5p.