CVE-2026-27779: Gitea forwarded-proto validation allows canonical URL spoofing
(updated )
Gitea versions before 1.25.5 accept malformed or injected forwarded-proto values when detecting public URLs, allowing spoofed canonical URL generation.
References
- blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.5
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-v8f2-2ghq-9whv
- github.com/go-gitea/gitea/commit/723ce3579f96e75fd12514283023a051a1432b1b
- github.com/go-gitea/gitea/commit/e2517e0fa93177ef6947245eaeab543c95ef18ff
- github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36810
- github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36836
- github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.5
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27779
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