Description
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gitea | Gitea | ≤ 1.27.3 | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-3792 Gitea: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Oct 6, 2026
References
- GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-mw6q-qj47-9g5q vendor-advisory
- Fix: go-gitea/gitea pull request #39354 patch
- Gitea 28.0.0 release announcement release-notes
- go-gitea/gitea v28.0.0 release release-notes