Gitea expanded a workflow's static into its full Cartesian product without a size limit when creating a run, before the fork pull request approval gate applied.

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1. Oct 13, 2026 · Tenable CVE Database

   Detected

   Gitea expanded a workflow's static into its full Cartesian product without a size limit when creating a run, before the fork pull request approval gate applied. A user who can open a pull request from a fork could submit a small workflow file whose matrix expands to a very large number of jobs, consuming server memory and potentially terminating the Gitea process. No runner is required. Static mat

Sources

• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-96580

  Official CVE identifier

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• FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-96580

  30-day exploitation probability 0.4%

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• Tenable CVE DatabaseVulnerability recordCVE-2026-96580

  Gitea expanded a workflow's static into its full Cartesian product without a size limit when creating a run, before the fork pull request approval gate applied. A user who can open a pull request from a fork could submit a small workflow file whose matrix expands to a very large number of jobs, consuming server memory and potentially terminating the Gitea process. No runner is required. Static mat

  tenable.com