CVE-2026-56755
MEDIUM
CVSS 6.2
code.gitea.io/gitea
Verified Advisory
Denial of service via decompression bomb and O(N²) concatenation in Gitea Debian package parser (CVE-2026-56755)
Gitea's Debian package registry parser decompresses control.tar.gz without any size limit, allowing a crafted 83 MB .deb file to expand to over 16 GB in memory during parsing. A second independent flaw concatenates Description continuation lines with += in a loop, producing O(N²) allocation and CPU work. Any authenticated user with write access to the package registry can trigger complete server denial of service with a single upload request.
Affected versions:
- <= 1.26.4
We recommend updating to: 1.27.0.
CVSS ? · our assessment: this_week
Reference: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-6hm7-3pwj-22rm
Details: https://vuln.today/cve/CVE-2026-56755
Verified by vuln.today against published advisories.
Affected versions
- – <= 1.26.4
Fixed in: 1.27.0
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- CVE-2026-58436 – Quadratic-time denial of service in Gitea Locale middleware (CVE-2026-58436)
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- CVE-2026-55987 – Account deactivation bypass via OAuth2 sign-in in Gitea (CVE-2026-55987)
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