High [CVE-2026-58439] Branch protection bypass via stale approval flag in PR retargeting
This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-58439.
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Summary
Branch Protection Bypass via PR Retargeting Preserves Stale `official` Approval Flag A flaw was found in Gitea. This could lead to unauthorized code being merged into a protected branch, compromising code integrity.
This is considered Important due to the potential for unauthorized code execution within a controlled environment, despite requiring specific user interaction. Red Hat severity: Important — CVSS 7.7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N).
Weakness: CWE-472. Red Hat lists OpenShift Pipelines as not affected.
Affected versions
No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative — check it before change work.
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Mitigation checklist
- Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 14 days ago·verify at source
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