CVE-2026-27780 PUBLISHED

Gitea pre-receive hook can miss branch-protection checks after scanner errors

Assigner: Gitea
Reserved: 03.03.2026 Published: 03.07.2026 Updated: 03.07.2026

Gitea versions before 1.26.0 do not fail closed on bufio.Scanner errors while processing pre-receive hook input, allowing oversized input to bypass branch-protection checks.

Product Status

Vendor Gitea
Product Gitea Open Source Git Server
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.26.0 (excl.)

Credits

  • yonatan-pl reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Incorrect Authorization CWE