CVE-2026-28705 (GCVE-0-2026-28705)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-03 20:19 – Updated: 2026-07-03 20:19
VLAI?
Title
Gitea repository dumps write release assets using unsafe path names
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Gitea Gitea Open Source Git Server Affected: 0 , < 1.25.5 (semver)
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Credits
Robert Flosbach from Neodyme AG
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