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Gitea Alpine package parsing memory exhaustion

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Gitea parses Alpine package uploads before enforcing package-size quotas and does not bound the decompressed .PKGINFO data or its dependency and provides entry counts. An authenticated user with package-publish permission can upload a small, highly compressed archive that causes disproportionately large memory allocations during parsing and metadata generation. On memory-constrained deployments, this can terminate the process or otherwise disrupt availability.

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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-62925
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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4 Nov 2026, 03:30 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Gitea Alpine package parsing memory exhaustion

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Oct 2026, 14:28 UTC

Gitea parses Alpine package uploads before enforcing package-size quotas and does not bound the decompressed .PKGINFO data or its dependency and provides entry counts. An authenticated user with package-publish permission can upload a small, highly compressed archive that causes disproportionately large memory allocations during parsing and metadata generation. On memory-constrained deployments, this can terminate the process or otherwise disrupt availability.

osv:CVE-2026-62925
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-62925",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Gitea Alpine package parsing memory exhaustion",
    "summary": "Gitea parses Alpine package uploads before enforcing package-size quotas and does not bound the decompressed .PKGINFO data or its dependency and provides entry counts. An authenticated user with package-publish permission can upload a small, highly compressed archive that causes disproportionately large memory allocations during parsing and metadata generation. On memory-constrained deployments, this can terminate the process or otherwise disrupt availability.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-62925",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-62925",
      "aliases": [
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        "GHSA-36q5-5423-vgx2"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:32.865724711Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.27.3/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/62xxx/CVE-2026-62925.json",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.3",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-36q5-5423-vgx2",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-62925",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39026",
        "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39029"
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      }
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 500034,
  "published_at": "2026-10-14T14:28:51.472+00:00"
}