CVE-2026-56657 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Gitea SSH Key Parser Denial of Service

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gitea	Gitea Open Source Git Server

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Vendors	Products
Gitea	Gitea Open Source Git Server

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.gitea.com/gitea-1.27.0-is-released/
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.0
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-4xjf-493q-98p3

History

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Gitea Gitea gitea Open Source Git Server
Vendors & Products		Gitea Gitea gitea Open Source Git Server

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Gitea SSH Key Parser Denial of Service
Title		Gitea SSH Key Parser Denial of Service
Weaknesses		CWE-284
References		https://blog.gitea.com/gitea-1.27.0-is-released/ https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.27.0 https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-4xjf-493q-98p3

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Gitea

Published: 2026-08-13T16:44:43.329Z

Updated: 2026-08-13T18:48:49.731Z

Reserved: 2026-07-08T09:19:08.775Z

Link: CVE-2026-56657

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T18:48:43.625Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-13T17:17:25.470

Modified: 2026-08-13T19:17:24.477

Link: CVE-2026-56657

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T20:00:03Z

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