6.5

CVE-2026-42931: gitea gitea open source git server

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesGHSA-wwqq-x6w4-frm2GO-2026-6082
Published 13-08-2026Last modified 13-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-42931 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in gitea gitea open source git server. EPSS estimates a 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.53%
0%100%
Low · +0.15 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
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21551-1SUSE-SU-2026:23216-1SUSE-SU-2026:23227-1

Timeline

  1. 13-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Denial of Service via Unbounded io.ReadAll in NPM Package Tag Endpoint

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.53%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

44%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.15 pp

From 0.38% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.53%

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< 1.27.0
Gitea1 product
Go1 product
  • gitea.dev< 1.27.0

3 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links