CVE-2026-90679
Forgejo 13.0.0 through 16.0.4, when "[federation] ENABLED = true" is set, has a spoofing issue that affects identity integrity but does not allow account takeover or content modification. It does not verify that the HTTP Signature on an incoming ActivityPub activity was produced by the key belonging to the actor named in the activity body. The signature verification in routers/api/v1/activitypub/reqsignature.go validates the request signature, but the inbox activity handlers subsequently read the acting identity from the attacker-controlled JSON body without binding it to the verified signing key. Additionally, the signed Digest header is not recomputed against the received request body. A remote attacker who hosts a single valid ActivityPub actor and keypair can therefore submit signature-valid activities attributed to any actor identity they name.
- Score
- 4.3 medium
- Published
- 2026-09-13
- Links
- NVD · cve.org · Report wrong data
Matched ports (2)
| Port | Package | Version | Status | Maintainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| www/forgejo15 | forgejo15 | 15.0.10_1 | unaddressed | des@FreeBSD.org |
| www/forgejo16 | forgejo16 | 16.0.6_1 | fixed by update | des@FreeBSD.org |
Template for a VuXML entry
Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.
<vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
<topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
<affects>
<package>
<name>forgejo15</name>
<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
</package>
</affects>
<description>
<body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>Forgejo 13.0.0 through 16.0.4, when "[federation] ENABLED = true" is
set, has a spoofing issue that affects identity integrity but does not
allow account takeover or content modification. It does not verify
that the HTTP Signature on an incoming ActivityPub activity was
produced by the key belonging to the actor named in the activity body.
The signature verification in
routers/api/v1/activitypub/reqsignature.go validates the request
signature, but the inbox activity handlers subsequently read the
acting identity from the attacker-controlled JSON body without binding
it to the verified signing key. Additionally, the signed Digest header
is not recomputed against the received request body. A remote attacker
who hosts a single valid ActivityPub actor and keypair can therefore
submit signature-valid activities attributed to any actor identity
they name.</p>
</body>
</description>
<references>
<cvename>CVE-2026-90679</cvename>
<url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90679</url>
</references>
<dates>
<discovery>2026-09-13</discovery>
<entry>2026-10-26</entry>
</dates>
</vuln>