Gitea: Branch Protection Bypass via PR Retargeting Preserves Stale `official` Approval Flag

Summary Gitea does not re-evaluate the official flag on existing pull request reviews when a PR's target branch is changed. An attacker with write access to a repository can obtain an official: true approval on a PR targeting an unprotected branch, then retarget the PR to a protected branch e.g.,...

GHSA-W5PG-649R-P6GG Gitea: Branch Protection Bypass via PR Retargeting Preserves Stale `official` Approval Flag

Summary Gitea does not re-evaluate the official flag on existing pull request reviews when a PR's target branch is changed. An attacker with write access to a repository can obtain an official: true approval on a PR targeting an unprotected branch, then retarget the PR to a protected branch e.g.,...