What is CVE-2026-42931?

CVE-2026-42931 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitea Open Source Git Server, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2026-42931?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Gitea Open Source Git Server

CVE-2026-42931

Denial of Service via Unbounded io.ReadAll in NPM Package Tag Endpoint

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gitea Open Source Git Server — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 (vendor-advisory)
88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 (release-notes)
88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2 (release-notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-42931?: CVE-2026-42931 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitea Open Source Git Server, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2026-42931?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.