7.5

CVE-2026-26307: gitea gitea open source git server Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighDeferred
AliasesGHSA-h9c5-x7g8-4q7fGO-2026-6341
Published 03-07-2026Last modified 09-07-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-26307 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in gitea gitea open source git server. EPSS estimates a 0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.63%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3

Timeline

  1. 03-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Gitea versions before 1.25.5 do not enforce a timeout on git grep searches, allowing expensive searches to consume server resources.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.63%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.63% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.63%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Code.gitea.io1 product
  • gitea< 1.25.5
Gitea1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

10 links