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Servers and applications

CVE-2026-96399

A repository's external issue tracker regular expression containing alternating capture groups could produce invalid slice indexes when Gitea rendered issue references, causing a runtime panic that terminated the Gitea process. A user who can edit a repository's external issue tracker settings could make any later rendering of matching content, such as viewing a README, crash the instance for…

Severity
High 7.5
Published
6 Oct 2026
Last changed
13 Oct 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
28.0.0
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
GiteaServers and applications · cpe:a:gitea:gitea
  • Every version before 28.0.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96399
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96399