CVE-2026-96399

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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/	Release Notes
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39354	Patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0	Release Notes
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-mw6q-qj47-9g5q	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

13 Oct 2026, 15:36

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Gitea gitea Gitea
References	~~() https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/ -~~	() https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.0.0/ - Release Notes
References	~~() https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39354 -~~	() https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39354 - Patch
References	~~() https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0 -~~	() https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0 - Release Notes
References	~~() https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-mw6q-qj47-9g5q -~~	() https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-mw6q-qj47-9g5q - Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea::::::::

07 Oct 2026, 21:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.5

06 Oct 2026, 20:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-06 20:17

Updated : 2026-10-13 15:36

NVD link : CVE-2026-96399

Mitre link : CVE-2026-96399

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-96399

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitea

gitea

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-248

Uncaught Exception

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