CVE-2019-11229 — models/repo_mirror

models/repo_mirror.go in Gitea before 1.7.6 and 1.8.x before 1.8-RC3 mishandles mirror repo URL settings, leading to remote code execution.

01What is this vulnerability?

models/repo_mirror.go in Gitea before 1.7.6 and 1.8.x before 1.8-RC3 mishandles mirror repo URL settings, leading to remote code execution.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-04-13T15:07:50.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T22:48:09.018Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.8.0-rc3
• github.com — https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.7.6
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160833/Gitea-1.7.5-Remote-Code-Execution.ht…