6.5

CVE-2026-60021: gitea Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 14-10-2026Last modified 18-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-60021 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in gitea. EPSS estimates a 0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% 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
0.55%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-10-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 18-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Gitea's initial GitLab migration version probe uses an HTTP client without a timeout and does not attach the migration task's cancellation context. An authenticated user who can start migrations can target an attacker-controlled server that keeps the response open indefinitely. The request continues after task cancellation and can exhaust the migration worker pool, preventing other migrations from progressing.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

45%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

15-10-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.55%

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

Gitea1 product
  • gitea≥ 1.16.0, < 1.27.3

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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