CVE-2026-96580 Gitea - Denial of Service

Gitea contains a denial of service caused by unbounded expansion of static strategy.matrix in workflows, letting attackers opening fork pull requests consume server memory and terminate the process, exploit requires ability to open fork pull requests.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
EPSS
0.35% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Denial of Service
Impact
Denial Of Service
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
6 October 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-400

Vendor fix

Update to a version that rejects static matrices above 256 combinations before expansion or latest available version.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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