CVE-2026-96580

Gitea expanded a workflow's static `strategy.matrix` into its full Cartesian product without a size limit when creating a run, before the fork pull request approval gate applied. A user who can open a pull request from a fork could submit a small workflow file whose matrix expands to a very large number of jobs, consuming server memory and potentially terminating the Gitea process. No runner is required. Static matrices above 256 combinations are now rejected before expansion.

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/39295	Patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.0.0	Release Notes
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-p3rv-cr5f-9gjh	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

13 Oct 2026, 15:36

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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/39295 -~~	() https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39295 - 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-p3rv-cr5f-9gjh -~~	() https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-p3rv-cr5f-9gjh - Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea::::::::
First Time		Gitea 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-2026-96580

Mitre link : CVE-2026-96580

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-96580

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitea

gitea

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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