Description
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in project name normalization (ProjectUtil.stripGitSuffix) and ProjectCache eviction logic (ProjectCacheImpl) in Gerrit Code Review versions 2.16.0 through 3.12.9, 3.13.0 through 3.13.8, and 3.14.0 through 3.14.2 allows an authenticated user (or an unauthenticated user if the repository was previously public) to cause unauthorized disclosure of private repository content and durable restoration of revoked project-owner administrative privileges via crafted requests using repeated .git suffixes (such as project.git.git) across REST APIs, Gitiles, or SSH Git commands. Because Gerrit strips only a single terminal .git suffix when constructing the logical ProjectCache key while JGit (FileKey.lenient) resolves the suffixed alias to the same canonical bare repository on disk, revoking read access or removing owner rules on the canonical project name fails to evict the cached alias ProjectState during the cache validity window, enabling reads of newly created private commits or writes to refs/meta/config. This issue is fixed in Gerrit Code Review versions 3.12.10, 3.13.9, and 3.14.3.
Published: 2026-09-24
Score: 7.6 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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History

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gerrit
Gerrit gerrit
Vendors & Products Gerrit
Gerrit gerrit

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Description Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in project name normalization (ProjectUtil.stripGitSuffix) and ProjectCache eviction logic (ProjectCacheImpl) in Gerrit Code Review versions 2.16.0 through 3.12.9, 3.13.0 through 3.13.8, and 3.14.0 through 3.14.2 allows an authenticated user (or an unauthenticated user if the repository was previously public) to cause unauthorized disclosure of private repository content and durable restoration of revoked project-owner administrative privileges via crafted requests using repeated .git suffixes (such as project.git.git) across REST APIs, Gitiles, or SSH Git commands. Because Gerrit strips only a single terminal .git suffix when constructing the logical ProjectCache key while JGit (FileKey.lenient) resolves the suffixed alias to the same canonical bare repository on disk, revoking read access or removing owner rules on the canonical project name fails to evict the cached alias ProjectState during the cache validity window, enabling reads of newly created private commits or writes to refs/meta/config. This issue is fixed in Gerrit Code Review versions 3.12.10, 3.13.9, and 3.14.3.
Title Incorrect Authorization via Stale ProjectCache Eviction and Repeated .git Suffixes in Gerrit Code Review
Weaknesses CWE-613
CWE-706
CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Google

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-25T16:55:03.232Z

Reserved: 2026-09-09T01:03:15.231Z

Link: CVE-2026-87720

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-24T22:17:02.170

Modified: 2026-09-25T17:17:16.687

Link: CVE-2026-87720

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-25T07:00:02Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-613

    Insufficient Session Expiration

  • CWE-706

    Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference

  • CWE-863

    Incorrect Authorization