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CVE-2026-73130

An attacker who can create repositories can submit an oversized value to amplify template reads and memory use, impairing availability.

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 0.37%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS: 0.37% probability · 30th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-400
Source: 88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2

EPSS trend

EPSS moved from 0.4% on 15 October 2026 to 0.4% on 27 October 2026.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.