What is GHSA-h9c5-x7g8-4q7f?

GHSA-h9c5-x7g8-4q7f is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Gitea git grep searches allow server resource exhaustion

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-h9c5-x7g8-4q7f cover?

GHSA-h9c5-x7g8-4q7f covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-26307. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-h9c5-x7g8-4q7f?

GHSA-h9c5-x7g8-4q7f has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-h9c5-x7g8-4q7f?

GHSA-h9c5-x7g8-4q7f affects 1 product, including: go/code.gitea.io/gitea:\u003c 1.25.5.

GHSA-h9c5-x7g8-4q7fHighCVSS 7.5

Gitea git grep searches allow server resource exhaustion

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 3, 2026

Last Modified

September 1, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-26307 →

📋 Description

Gitea versions before 1.25.5 do not enforce a timeout on git grep searches, allowing expensive searches to consume server resources.

🎯 Affected products1

go/code.gitea.io/gitea:< 1.25.5

🔗 References (8)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26307
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36809
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36835
https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25.5
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.5
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/commit/5d87bb3d4566e71b791a8114bfc9e25c037ab5fe
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/commit/f7e3569fab57d3525280670dffcc30c84c87b115
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h9c5-x7g8-4q7f