CVE-2026-95112

Gitea issue reference parsing CPU exhaustion

Published Oct 6, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
When processing issue and comment bodies, Gitea scanned the entire preceding text for action keywords such as "closes" or "fixes" once per Markdown link, giving processing time quadratic in the input size. An authenticated user able to submit issue or comment content could send a crafted body of about 1 MB that keeps a CPU core busy for several minutes while holding a database transaction open.

Remediation

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History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Weaknesses CWE-407
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Gitea
Gitea gitea
Vendors & Products Gitea
Gitea gitea
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Weaknesses CWE-399
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Description When processing issue and comment bodies, Gitea scanned the entire preceding text for action keywords such as "closes" or "fixes" once per Markdown link, giving processing time quadratic in the input size. An authenticated user able to submit issue or comment content could send a crafted body of about 1 MB that keeps a CPU core busy for several minutes while holding a database transaction open.
Title Gitea issue reference parsing CPU exhaustion
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Gitea
Published
Updated
Oct 8, 2026, 12:26 PM
Reserved
Oct 4, 2026, 9:59 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Oct 6, 2026, 8:17 PM
Modified
Oct 13, 2026, 3:36 PM