Description
Gitea resolved the principals of an SSH certificate by searching the content of all stored public keys instead of only principal keys. When Gitea trusts a user certificate authority (`SSH_TRUSTED_USER_CA_KEYS`) and accepts arbitrary principals (`SSH_AUTHORIZED_PRINCIPALS_ALLOW=anything`), a user could register another user's public key line as their own principal, or a holder of a certificate signed by that authority could list it, and then authenticate as the owner of that key through the HTTP signature API and the built-in SSH server. Instances that do not trust a user certificate authority are not affected.
Published:
2026-10-18
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History
Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | Gitea resolved the principals of an SSH certificate by searching the content of all stored public keys instead of only principal keys. When Gitea trusts a user certificate authority (`SSH_TRUSTED_USER_CA_KEYS`) and accepts arbitrary principals (`SSH_AUTHORIZED_PRINCIPALS_ALLOW=anything`), a user could register another user's public key line as their own principal, or a holder of a certificate signed by that authority could list it, and then authenticate as the owner of that key through the HTTP signature API and the built-in SSH server. Instances that do not trust a user certificate authority are not affected. | |
| Title | Gitea SSH certificate principal impersonation of other users | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Gitea
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-18T18:51:31.037Z
Reserved: 2026-10-14T20:08:45.856Z
Link: CVE-2026-109553
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-18T19:16:32.997
Modified: 2026-10-18T19:16:32.997
Link: CVE-2026-109553
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