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CVE-2026-73130: Gitea repository initialization resource exhaustion

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 17/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.36% (FIRST EPSS).
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
No fixed version is recorded, but the references include a patch (commit or PR) link.
Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. See the fix and affected versions sections below.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Gitea does not limit the length of the gitignores field accepted by repository-creation forms and the API. Repository initialization splits the field into template names, repeatedly reads the referenced templates, and buffers their contents in memory. An attacker who can create repositories can submit an oversized value to amplify template reads and memory use, impairing availability.

Denial of service

EUVD-2026-101101

Published: Oct 14, 2026
Updated: Oct 14, 2026
EPSS: 0.3% · 30th percentile
CWE: CWE-400

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Gitea). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Gitea Gitea
- up to and including 1.27.2affected · semver

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2026-60004Gitea before 1.27.1 allows remote code execution via the diffpatch API through Git hook installation.KEV
76This week
CVE-2026-59774Gitea Org-mode file disclosure and code execution
60This week
CVE-2022-30781Gitea before 1.16.7 does not escape git fetch remote.
60This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2026-71301Oct 14, 2026 · Gitea private pull request title disclosure through markup
17Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2026-73126Oct 14, 2026 · Gitea private workflow badge token scope bypass
17Monitor
Later →CVE-2026-73135Oct 14, 2026 · Gitea hidden-owner repository listing disclosure
21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

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https://github.com/arpitjain099reporter
https://github.com/bircniremediation developer
https://github.com/wxiaoguangremediation developer

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2026-965808 days apartGitea Actions memory exhaustion through large static matrices
30Monitor
CVE-2026-600180 days apartGitea OneDev migration denial of service
26Monitor
CVE-2026-600210 days apartGitea GitLab migration denial of service
26Monitor
CVE-2026-629250 days apartGitea Alpine package parsing memory exhaustion
26Monitor
CVE-2026-630210 days apartGitea Swift package manifest memory exhaustion
26Monitor
CVE-2026-1046338 days apartGitea migration memory exhaustion from zero page size
26Monitor

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

TR-26-1329 · Oct 15, 2026(Gitea Güvenlik Zafiyeti)

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Not on record for this CVE: public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
A low-privileged account is enough.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: low · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: None
Integrity impact: None
Availability impact: Low

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

nvd-secondary

Root cause

Code that parses nested structures sets no depth or size limit. A small input can turn into a disproportionate processing load.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-400 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1function expand(node) {
2  return node.children.map(expand);
3}

Fixed

1const MAX_DEPTH = 32;
2function expand(node, depth = 0) {
3  if (depth > MAX_DEPTH) throw new Error("too deep");
4  return node.children.map((c) => expand(c, depth + 1));
5}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

Endpoint Denial of ServiceT1499

Change log

CVSS— → 4.3Oct 14, 2026, 5:07 PM UTC
Severity— → mediumOct 14, 2026, 5:07 PM UTC
SSVC exploitation— → noneOct 14, 2026, 5:07 PM UTC
Exploit maturity— → noneOct 14, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC

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References

blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.3/

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