TI-2026-22918 Aliases CVE-2026-28705 GHSA-7jvx-g65v-r899

Gitea repository dumps write release assets using unsafe path names

LOW 30CWE-22Published 2026-07-03 · Updated 2026-07-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Gitea versions before 1.25.5 use release tag names and asset names as filesystem path components when dumping release assets, allowing specially crafted names to affect dump output paths.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00451 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Gitea Open Source Git Server (Gitea): 1.25.5code.gitea.io/gitea (Go): 1.25.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Gitea	Gitea Open Source Git Server	before 1.25.5	1.25.5	Patch available	CNA
—	code.gitea.io/gitea (Go)	before 1.25.5	1.25.5	Patch available	GHSA-7jvx-g65v-r899

Gitea Open Source Git Server VendorGitea Affected before 1.25.5 Fixed in 1.25.5 Patch available CNA
code.gitea.io/gitea (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.25.5 Fixed in 1.25.5 Patch available GHSA-7jvx-g65v-r899

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea::::::::	—	—	Gitea

cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Gitea

Remediation

Fix · CNA Gitea Open Source Git Server (Gitea) Fixed in 1.25.5
Fix · GHSA-7jvx-g65v-r899 code.gitea.io/gitea (Go) Fixed in 1.25.5 Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2026-07-03
Gitea Open Source Git Server 1.25.5
14 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 7 MEDIUM, 7 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-21259 Gitea LFS mirror synchronization bypasses migration HTTP transport restrictionsPriority MEDIUM 50
- TI-2026-21232 Gitea OAuth2 PKCE S256 challenges are not enforced during token exchangePriority MEDIUM 48
- TI-2026-21222 Gitea OAuth2 authorization codes lack expiry and reuse enforcementPriority MEDIUM 48
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-28705
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7jvx-g65v-r899

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28705

Other 6

TI-2026-42785 Gitea before 1.27.1 allows remote code execution via the diffpatch API through Git hook installation. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-42033 Improper authorization on OAuth sign-in callback silently re-enables administrator-disabled accounts CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-40842 Privilege Escalation via Access Token Scope Escalation in API CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-16922 Gitea Docker image trusts spoofable reverse-proxy headers by default CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-42043 Team-repository linking endpoint bypasses the RepoAdminChangeTeamAccess organization setting CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2026-40381 OIDC userinfo Endpoint Returns Identity Claims Without Enforcing API Token Scopes CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1

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Sources

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