CVE-2026-96399GHSA-mw6q-qj47-9g5q
Gitea denial of service through external issue tracker patterns
Gitea Gitea
CVSS
7.5HighExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.35%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version. Check the vendor advisory below
What fixes it
No source in this snapshot names a fixed version. The vendor advisories under References are the place to check.
Description
A repository's external issue tracker regular expression containing alternating capture groups could produce invalid slice indexes when Gitea rendered issue references, causing a runtime panic that terminated the Gitea process. A user who can edit a repository's external issue tracker settings could make any later rendering of matching content, such as viewing a README, crash the instance for all users.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 1
- Giteaaffected: all versions through 1.27.3CVE List