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CVE-2026-97208: Gitea push mirror API bypass of DISABLE_NEW_PUSH policy

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-06 · updated 2026-10-13
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

The Gitea API endpoint for creating push mirrors (`POST /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/push_mirrors`) checked only whether mirroring was enabled and not the `[mirror] DISABLE_NEW_PUSH` setting that the web interface enforces. A repository administrator could therefore create new push mirrors on instances where the site administrator had disabled them. A push mirror pushes all refs of the repository to a remote chosen by the caller, on each commit or on a schedule.

Affected products

• Gitea Open Source Git Server: before 28.1.0 — fixed in 28.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Gitea Open Source Git Server 28.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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-8hhh-mqpg-jpxc

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