Vulnerability advisory
GO-2026-6080
Gitea: Branch Protection Bypass via PR Retargeting Preserves Stale `official` Approval Flag in go-gitea/gitea
Also known as CVE-2026-58439GHSA-w5pg-649r-p6gg
Severity
Severity not reported.
Affected versions
| Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|
| All versions | No fix listed |
Description
Gitea: Branch Protection Bypass via PR Retargeting Preserves Stale official Approval Flag in go-gitea/gitea.
NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions.
(If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.)
The additional affected modules and versions are: code.gitea.io/gitea before v1.27.0.
References
- Advisorygithub.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-w5pg-649r-p6gg ↗
- Webgithub.com/go-gitea/gitea/commit/74ad781db9c37134ee9280c69a6b1de53801503e ↗
- Webgithub.com/go-gitea/gitea/commit/8401fe7c544abff1ecc49d7f3166fd4ee0c174ef ↗
- Webgithub.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38319 ↗
- Webgithub.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38402 ↗
- Webgithub.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.0 ↗