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Gitea CVE-2026-60021

| EUVDEUVD-2026-101081 MEDIUM
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
N/A vendor:alpine
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: vendor:alpine
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Unknown vulnerability triggered
  2. Exploit
    Patch applied in 1.27.3-r0
  3. Impact
    Impact undisclosed

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation conditions are unknown. No description, CVSS vector, or CWE is available to identify whether exploitation requires network access, authentication, specific configuration, or user interaction. No special conditions can be confirmed or denied from available data. Administrators should not assume default configurations are safe or unsafe until the vendor discloses details.

Impact

Risk cannot be meaningfully assessed. No CVSS vector is available to evaluate attack vector, complexity, privileges required, or CIA impact. No EPSS score exists. The vulnerability is not in CISA KEV and no POC has been identified. The only confirmed signal is that Alpine Linux designated this a security fix warranting a CVE. Until the upstream Gitea advisory or NVD enrichment provides a description and CVSS, this should be tracked as 'unknown severity - patch available' rather than assigned a risk tier. The absence of CVSS and CWE is a significant gap; administrators should apply the patch and monitor for upstream disclosure.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

The attack scenario cannot be constructed - the vulnerability type, attack vector, and required conditions are entirely undisclosed. Once the upstream Gitea advisory is published, a scenario can be derived from the CVSS vector and description.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 06, 2026

Gitea packaged in Alpine Linux contains an uncharacterized security vulnerability addressed in Alpine package version 1.27.3-r0. The nature, class, and impact of the underlying flaw are not disclosed in available data - only the fixed package version is confirmed. No CVSS score, CWE classification, or vulnerability description has been published, making independent risk assessment impossible at this time. No public exploit or CISA KEV listing exists.

RemediationAI

Upgrade the Gitea Alpine Linux package to version 1.27.3-r0 or later using the Alpine package manager: apk upgrade gitea. If running Gitea from the upstream binary rather than the Alpine package, monitor the Gitea project releases at https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases for a corresponding security release note tied to version 1.27.3. No workarounds can be recommended because the vulnerability class is unknown - generic network-level controls (firewall, authentication proxy) may or may not be relevant depending on the actual attack vector, which has not been disclosed.

Affected VersionsENISA

Gitea 1.16.0 <1.27.3

Affected Packages

euvd gitea fix: 1.27.3

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

Gitea is a self-hosted Git service written in Go, widely used for source code management in enterprise and open-source environments. This CVE tracks a security fix applied to the Alpine Linux package of Gitea, updated to version 1.27.3-r0 in the Alpine package repository. Without a CWE classification or description, the root cause class - whether authentication, injection, path traversal, access control, or another category - cannot be determined from available data. The fix version suggests alignment with Gitea upstream release 1.27.3.

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Severity by source

Vendor (vendor:alpine) PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from Vendor (vendor:alpine) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: vendor:alpine

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
CVSS changed
Oct 18, 2026 - 14:22 NVD
6.5 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Oct 14, 2026 - 16:03 EUVD

DescriptionCVE.org

Alpine Linux: gitea fixed in 1.27.3-r0

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 80% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular self-hosted Git service, widely used in enterprises and OSS
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

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