CVE-2026-119546
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Forgejo through 15.0.11, 16.0.0 through 16.0.7, and 17.0.0 through 17.0.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability in restore-repo that allows attackers to read files outside the dump directory via crafted asset paths. Attackers can supply a dump whose release.yml DownloadURL or PatchURL contains ../ sequences, importing files like app.ini as release attachments when an administrator restores it.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.8
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-30 12:16:40.783000
Last modified
2026-10-30 12:16:40.920000
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"id": "CVE-2026-119546",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-10-30T12:16:40.783",
"lastModified": "2026-10-30T12:16:40.920",
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}
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"source": "[email protected]",
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"Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"references": [
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"url": "https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/forgejo-restore-file-open",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/tag/v17.0.1/services/migrations/restore.go#L154",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38215",
"source": "[email protected]"
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