CVE-2026-117677

Gitea Helm chart upload decompression denial of service

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Nov 1, 2026
Updated
Nov 1, 2026
Reserved
Nov 1, 2026

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Description

When parsing an uploaded Helm chart, Gitea decompressed the archive and read every tar entry while looking for `Chart.yaml` without limiting the decompressed size, and did so before the package size quota was checked; the quota only considers the compressed upload size. A user with package write access to an owner, for example their own account on an instance with open registration, could repeatedly upload small, highly compressed archives that make the server spend CPU time proportional to the decompressed size, degrading the availability of the Gitea instance. The issue does not allow code execution or data access.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-409 Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
GiteaGitea
  • before 28.3.0Affected

References

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