Vulnerability · Published Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-119546Forgejo through 15.0.11, 16.0.7, and 17.0.1 Path Traversal via restore-repo

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in forgejo from forgejo. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 95.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
forgejo	forgejo	0 – through 15.0.1116.0.0 – through 16.0.717.0.0 – through 17.0.1

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/tag/v17.0.1/services/migrations/restore.go#L154 technical-description
https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/forgejo-restore-file-open third-party-advisory
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/38215 related, patch, issue-tracking
GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-xmj7-xj85-hfc3) related, vendor-advisory
https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo product
VulnCheck Advisory: Forgejo through 15.0.11, 16.0.7, and 17.0.1 Path Traversal via restore-repo third-party-advisory