CVE-2026-34966: Gitea prior to 1.27.0 SSRF via Migration URI Fetch Bypass
Gitea prior to 1.27.0 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to bypass SSRF protections by exploiting HTTP fetch operations in migration and OAuth avatar code paths that use Go's default http.Get without a custom DialContext. Attackers can supply arbitrary URLs through release asset download URLs, pull-request patch URLs, or OAuth avatar endpoints to reach internal services, cloud instance-metadata endpoints, or read local files such as the application configuration containing database credentials and signing secrets, with exfiltrated content persisted as migration release assets for later retrieval.
Remediation
Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
- Upgrade
Upgrade
Giteato a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 1.27.0 - Compensating control
If immediate upgrade is not possible, restrict outbound network access from the Gitea server (egress filtering) to prevent SSRF attempts from reaching internal services, cloud instance-metadata endpoints, or local file access targets.