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 all users.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39354 Patch
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-mw6q-qj47-9g5q Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.5 · giteaNVD modified 2026-10-13 15:36
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*