Gitea release asset dumps permit path traversal through crafted names

MEDIUM 5.3CVE-2026-28705 · GHSA-7jvx-g65v-r899 · GO-2026-6337 · Published 03/07/2026 · updated 25/10/2026

In short

CVE-2026-28705 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability affecting code.gitea.io/gitea.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.45%, higher than 39.2% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.25.5 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
code.gitea.io/gitea Go	`< 1.25.5`	`1.25.5`

Description

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.

NVD description

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.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28705 · ADVISORY
go-gitea/gitea#36799 · WEB
go-gitea/gitea#36839 · WEB
go-gitea/gitea commit 833304a · WEB
go-gitea/gitea commit f7ac507 · WEB
blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.5 · WEB
go-gitea/gitea · PACKAGE
go-gitea/gitea release v1.25.5 · WEB
blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.5
GitHub Advisory GHSA-7jvx-g65v-r899 · ADVISORY

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

code.gitea.io/gitea

< 1.25.5

1.25.5

Description

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.

NVD description

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.

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