[ CVE-2026-96399 · Published 6 Oct 2026 ]
Vulnerability in Gitea
CVSS 7.5
EPSS <1%1 agency advisoryFix available
[ Description ]Official 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.
[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches
- Patch on github.comVendor patch or bulletin · NVD · Reference tagged 'Patch' by NVD
[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories
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BSI CERT-BundWID-SEC-2026-3792
Gitea: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German
[ References ]References
- blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0Release Notes
- github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39354Patch
- github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0Release Notes
- github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-mw6q-qj47-9g5qVendor Advisory